Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp and two other aides, public records show
Public financial disclosures reveal that Donald Trump provided $157,000 in cash gifts to four close White House aides, including $45,000 to Natalie Harp. The White House maintains these were personal holiday gifts and fully compliant with legal and ethical standards.
Why it matters
The disclosure raises questions about the intersection of personal finances and federal employment ethics for high-level political staff.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Bernd Debusmann Jr White House reporter Getty Images Natalie Harp (left) and Walt Nauta have both been at Donald Trump's side for many years. President Donald Trump gave sizable cash gifts to four White House staffers, including $45,000 (£33,000) to his close aide Natalie Harp, financial disclosures released by his administration show.
Two staff members got the same amount as Harp, while his longtime aide and director of Oval Office Operations, Walt Nauta, received $22,000.
No other White House staffer has declared any gifts from the president, the documents show. Federal employees are prohibited from receiving outside compensation for their duties.
The White House has described the gifts as personal in nature, unrelated to the staffers' work and legal under US law.
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