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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Tuesday that he was placing a hold on all of President Donald Trump's Department of Justice nominees until the administration came clean about potential conflicts of interest with the Qatari government.

Schumer's action was in response to the Qatari royal family saying a $400 million Boeing 747 "would be offered free of charge to the U.S. government for use as Air Force One until Boeing can deliver a new plane," said CNN anchor Kasie Hunt. "Then, in a twist, it would be given to Trump's presidential library so that he could continue to use it. But, didn't your mother tell you that there is no such thing as a free lunch? Mine sure did."

Schumer appeared on Hunt's show "The Arena" on Tuesday, where he called the situation "an issue of outright bribery," as well as a security concern. ...