DOJ lawyers cleared Pam Bondi's memo backing the legality of Trump accepting Qatari 747

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DOJ lawyers cleared Pam Bondi’s memo backing the legality of Trump accepting Qatari 747 (CNN)

(CNN) — The Justice Department’s internal legal advisers cleared a memo signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsing the legality of President Donald Trump accepting a 747-8 luxury jet from Qatar, a DOJ official said Wednesday.

The Office of Legal Counsel approved the memo before Bondi signed it and sent it to the White House, a Justice Department official told CNN. Bondi, who previously lobbied on behalf of the Qatari government, also consulted with career ethics officials, the official said, who determined there was no conflict that would require her recusal.

DOJ’s acknowledgment of Bondi’s memo and the process behind it comes as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter demanding answers from the Justice Department about the memo that reportedly said it was OK for Qatar to gift the plane to the Department of Defense and then transfer it to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation.

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