The role of the Defense Department here seems to be that to launder the plane, which clearly violates the Constitution, as you say, The Constitution...says that no person holding office shall accept a present from any foreign state. And I was questioning one of the Trump nominees about this yesterday or the day before for a different high Justice Department position. (02:24–02:39)
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Asserts the constitutional prohibition on officeholders accepting gifts from foreign states.
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