Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to Natalie Harp and two other White House aides
- President Donald Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to executive assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin, and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris, plus $20,000 to director of Oval Office operations Walt Nauta, according to financial disclosures released last week.
- These payments represent a significant portion of the aides' salaries, with Harp, Martin, and Harris earning $150,000 annually, while Nauta is paid $175,000 a year, according to White House salary disclosures to Congress.
- A White House official stated Trump has a "longstanding practice" of giving Christmas gifts, adding that the cash gifts were unrelated to the "individuals" official government duties and permissible under legal and ethical standards.
- The Washington Post first reported the disclosures on Tuesday, bringing the gift payments and aides' financial records into public view through formal disclosure documentation.
- Harris serves on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, appointed earlier this year, while Nauta, a former valet, previously faced dismissed charges regarding an FBI investigation into classified documents.
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U.S. President Donald Trump gave them Christmas cash to four of his advisors, according to new financial statements published by the administration, quoted by AFP and The Guardian. Executive Assistant Natalie Harp, nicknamed "human print" because she has a portable printer with which to provide the president with information in physical format, ...
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Trump gave Natalie Harp and two other White House aides $45,000 each in cash gifts for holidays, new financial disclosure statements reveal
President Donald Trump gave Natalie Harp and two other White House aides 45,000 dollars each in cash gifts for the holidays, according to new financial disclosure statements, CNN reports. These publicly disclosed documents reveal that the payments were reported by the recipients as holiday gifts in their annual executive branch disclosure forms. Beyond Harp, the other two recipients are Chamberlain Harris, the deputy director of Oval Office oper…
The 35-year-old woman earns $150,000 a year as a special adviser and executive assistant to the president.
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