The next Black woman to be targeted by the Trump Administration is Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, as The New York Times reported the Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a federal corruption investigation into a foreign trip she took with her staff being paid by Qatar.
Reports allege the investigation, overseen by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, has been going on for months, starting in April 2025, resulting from a report from a local TV affiliate when Bowser and four members of her staff took a trip to Dubai in 2023 for a United Nations conference. A letter sent to Bowser’s office from Qatari officials highlights Qatar paying more than $61,000 to bring Bowser and her team to Doha before the conference started. When questioned about the trip, the mayor’s office said it was paid for by the D.C. Chamber of Commerce but then claimed it was covered by a nonpartisan organization, the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
However, later it was revealed that the organization only paid a portion of the trip.
The confusion resulted in an ethics complaint being filed by a nonprofit group called the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, once led by acting attorney general during President Donald Trump’s first term, Matthew G. Whitaker. While it is unknown how far the ethics complaint went, the mayor’s office released a statement defending the trip, saying it was strictly business. In addition, according to Newsweek, they have been in the dark about the DOJ’s alleged investigation. “We have checked with our lawyers, and the District has not been notified of any investigation. This was a business trip; DC representatives regularly travel to promote Washington as a destination for investment and growth,” the statement read.
Source: Report: Trump’s DOJ Allegedly Investigating DC Mayor For Foreign Trip Paid By Qatar
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