Article 69Y5C Golf clubs and a $24K dagger: Trump failed to report dozens of foreign gifts

Golf clubs and a $24K dagger: Trump failed to report dozens of foreign gifts

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Several items given to the former president, including a life-size painting of him given by El Salvador, are still unaccounted for

Donald Trump's White House failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations worth more than a quarter-million dollars, according to a US government report, and several of those gifts - including a lifesize painting of Trump given by the president of El Salvador and golf clubs from the prime minister of Japan - are still unaccounted for.

The revelations came as part of a report on Friday from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. The report details numerous unreported items, among them 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 in all, including a dagger valued at up to $24,000, and 17 presents from India that include expensive cufflinks, a vase and a $4,600 model of the Taj Mahal.

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