House Democrats investigating whether foreign gifts to Trump missing

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House Democrats are investigating former President Donald Trump's "apparent failure to account for gifts from foreign government officials while in office" after learning there may be thousands of dollars-worth of items that are either missing or were not tracked properly, according to a new letter sent to the National Archives by the House Oversight and Reform Committee chairwoman and first obtained by CNN. The committee says it has received information from the State Department that "indicates the Trump administration 'did not prioritize this obligation' and failed to comply with the law that governs foreign gift reporting during President Trump's final year in office," the letter states. "As a result, the foreign sources and monetary value of gifts President Trump received remain unknown," it adds. "The Department of State also stated that it was unable to determine the identities of some government officials who received foreign gifts during the Trump Administration, as well as the sources of those foreign gifts." (Crook)