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Newly released financial disclosures show that President Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to White House aides, including Natalie Harp, for the holidays. The payments amounted to nearly a third of the aides annual salaries. A White House spokesperson stated that the gifts were personal and legal, reflecting a longstanding practice.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that financial disclosures revealed President Trump gave $45,000 holiday cash gifts to Natalie Harp and other White House aides.
Left outlets like Mother Jones and The Washington Post emphasize potential legal and ethics violations, describing the gifts as unprecedented. Center outlets like CBS News and BBC News report the financial disclosures neutrally alongside the White House defense that the gifts are a longstanding practice. Right outlets like the Washington Examiner focus primarily on the details of the financial disclosure filings without labeling the payments as ethics violations.
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Trump gave Natalie Harp, other aides $45K gifts: Disclosures
President Trump gifted several White House aides — including longtime assistant Natalie Harp — $45,000 cash gifts, according to financial disclosures released by the Trump administration last week. The payments, which totaled $135,000, were marked as “Cash Gift for Holidays” and attributed to the president on the disclosure forms. Three of Trump’s closest…
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Donald Trump gave Natalie Harp—and two other women in his administration—a hefty sum of cash last year.The president gifted Harp $45,000 as a “cash gift for the holidays,” according to a copy of Harp’s most recent financial disclosure obtained by The Washington Post. That amount is equal to nearly a third of her $150,000 annual salary, according to the…
The president’s substantial holiday gifts to four White House aides were made public via financial disclosures released by the administration Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration, including $45,000 to executive assistant Natalie Harp.Communications adviser…
The money, listed as “cash gift for the holidays,” was detailed in financial disclosure forms released by the administration.
Trump’s payments to three young loyalist aides amount to about a third of their annual paychecks.
The national gossip over Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump’s most devoted aide and “human printer,” has now reached the natural stage to which most stories closely associated with the president land: a glaring, potentially illegal ethics violation. According to financial disclosures released by the Trump administration, Trump gave Harp and two other…
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
The situation “is so bananas, we need another fruit,” said the MS NOW anchor.
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President Trump gifted several White House aides — including longtime assistant Natalie Harp — $45,000 cash gifts, according to financial disclosures released by the Trump administration last week. The payments, which totaled $135,000, were marked as “Cash Gift for Holidays” and attributed to the president on the disclosure forms. Three of Trump’s closest…
A White House spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday that Mr. Trump "has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit."
President Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration.
The White House has described the cash gifts to Harp and three others as personal - and legal.
President Donald Trump exited his midterm convention in much the same position as he entered — staring down potentially bruising November elections and facing questions about his power to influence the results.
The Washington Post is reporting that the president gave $45,000 cash gifts to executive assistant Natalie Harp and two other White House aides.
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President Donald Trump gave over $150,000 in cash to four White House aides, with the payments categorized as “cash gifts for the holidays” in the staffers’ latest financial disclosure forms filed by the Trump administration. Trump paid assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin, and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain…
The money came on top of their $150,000 salaries paid by taxpayers, giving each woman a gift worth 30 percent of her annual government pay.
