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Schumer Places Hold on Trump’s DOJ Nominees Over Qatar’s Jet Gift

Democrats have criticized Trump for the pending acquisition.
Schumer Places Hold on Trump’s DOJ Nominees Over Qatar’s Jet Gift
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) leaves the Democratic caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 13, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 13 announced a hold on President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Department of Justice until there are answers regarding Qatar gifting a jet to the Department of Defense, which Trump plans to use temporarily as Air Force One.

In a speech on the Senate floor, Schumer criticized the gift as “corrupt” and called it a “grave national security threat.”

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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