This week, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser received some bad news. She is under investigation for receiving unallowed gifts. She has taken some exotic trips to plces such as Doha, Qatar, for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, and trips to Dubai, Las Vegas, Miami and Mar-a-Lago.  Mayor Muriel Bowser is facing down an ethics complaint filed by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a nonpartisan watchdog.

The complaint alleged that Bowser received improper benefits, including accepting illegal trips and assorted other gifts. The proble for Bowser besides receiving improper gifts is the fact there are no records of those trips as there should have been. That appears as though she is hiding something. Othewise there would be detailed information about the excursions.

FACT said in its complaints:

“Although the public and press has sought information about these trips, including who paid for them and their purpose, the mayor’s office has provided false information or not answered questions. Thus, it is imperative that the Board immediately act.”

 “A fundamental ethics principle aimed at preventing corruption prohibits our elected officials from accepting bribes, donations, gifts, kickbacks, or anything of value.”

“Where an exception to the rule applies, generally there must be full public disclosure made in a timely manner.”

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“Under Washington D.C. law, government officials are forbidden from accepting certain gifts. Gifts are broadly defined to include a ‘gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other item having monetary value.’

“Specifically, gifts include trips (meals, lodging, and transportation) whether they are provided in-kind, purchased in advance, or reimbursed after the expense occurred.”

From The Gateway Pundit

FACT asserted that the Qatar trip was especially problematic. Bowser was asked about those expenses — and gave nothing, initially.

“Yet, unbelievably, it wasn’t until a reporter’s Freedom of Information Act request in March 2025 that this information was publicly revealed—more specifically that Qatar paid more than $61,930 for the trip the mayor’s office was now attempting to retroactively describe as an ‘in-kind donation,’” FACT claimed.

But the trips are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Bowser’s apparent discretionary issues.

“It is not simply the Qatar trip, but a troubling pattern from Mar-A-Lago to Doha to Augusta National – the District has no record of who paid for these trips or what public purpose they served, if there was one at all,” Kendra Arnold, executive director of FACT, told Fox. “The ethics rules exist to protect against corruption, and when they are ignored, the public’s trust erodes.

“I urge the Board to investigate and enforce the law without delay.”