Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp

September 9, 2026 · 4:20 am 3 sources

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• Trump gave $45,000 to Natalie Harp and other White House aides as holiday gifts
  The Guardian · September 9, 2026 04:20
  The president’s substantial holiday gifts to four White House aides were made public via financial disclosures released by the administration Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration, including $45,000…
• Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp and two other aides, public records show
  BBC News · September 9, 2026 18:27
  The White House has described the cash gifts to Harp and three others as personal - and legal.
• Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp
  The Guardian · September 10, 2026 17:52
  The payments amounted to 30% of each aides’ $150,000 annual salary Donald Trump may have committed “serious” ethical violations by giving three officials including his close personal aide Natalie Harp cash gifts of $45,000 each, according to a former White House “ethics czar”, as a watchdog group…