Top US Senate Democrat to block Trump DOJ nominees over Qatar airplane

14/5/2025 6:19

U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday vowed to block all of President Donald Trump's nominees to the Justice Department until the agency reports what it knows about Qatar's offer to give Trump's administration a $400 million airplane.



Trump said on Monday that it would be "stupid" for him to refuse Qatar's offer of the Boeing 747-8 airplane, which would be used as U.S. "Air Force One," the jet American presidents use to fly around the globe.



The aircraft eventually would be donated to Trump's presidential library.



Schumer, referring to reports that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi had signed off on the deal for the plane, called it "a blatantly inept decision."