Schumer also called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify before Congress and answer a number of questions related to the potential gift.

US President Donald Trump has said his administration wants to accept a plane worth an estimated $400m (£303m) as a gift from Qatar, calling it "a great gesture" that he would be "stupid" to turn down...

"They're giving us a gift," Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday, adding that he would be "a stupid person" if he did not accept it.

Trump attacks foreign and even Qatari donations to the Clinton Foundation. Now he wants to accept the biggest gift of all.

“I think it’s a great gesture from Qatar. I appreciate it very much,” Mr. Trump said.

Some Republican senators have also raised security and legal concerns, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia saying that the White House would “need to look at the constitutionality” of the...