Clintons Return $28,000 Worth of GiftsFormer President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday returned $28,000 worth of donated sofas, rugs and other furnishings they took when he left office. They acted because it was unclear whether the gifts were meant for them or the White House collection."As a result of the questions being asked, the property is being returned to government custody until such time that the issues can be resolved," said Jim McDaniel, the National Park Service's liaison to the White House. "It may well turn out that that property is rightly the personal property of the Clintons. I think those questions have yet to be resolved." After they were criticized for taking $190,000 worth of china, flatware, rugs, televisions, sofas and other gifts with them when they left, the Clintons announced last week that they would pay for $86,000, or nearly half the amount. The latest decision to return about $28,000 other gifts brings to $114,000 the value of items the Clintons have either decided to pay for, or return. |
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