Dem senators demand Pentagon watchdog look into Trump’s acceptance of Qatar plane

A group of senior Democratic senators want the Pentagon’s watchdog to look into President Trump’s potential acceptance of a $400 million luxury Boeing jet gifted by Qatar, and the Defense Department’s role in the transfer. 

The group of nine lawmakers, led by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), asked the inspector general of the Defense Department (DOD) to launch an inquiry into the department's role in “facilitating and serving as a pass-through” for the Trump administration to accept a Boeing 747-8 to be used as a new Air Force One...