A group of six Democratic lawmakers is demanding more details from the Air Force as to how the service is siphoning funding from a nuclear missile modernization program to pay for retrofits for a luxury jet, gifted to the Trump administration by Qatar, to make it usable as Air Force One.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, the lawmakers voice their concerns about how the Air Force is managing funds for the Sentinel nuclear missile program, “including whether those funds are being raided to retrofit a personal gift to President Trump that likely violates the emoluments clause of the Constitution.”

The letter was signed by Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Reps. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin........

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