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LAWMAKERS SUGGEST AUDIT OF WHITE HOUSE PROPERTY BEFORE HILLARY MOVE
**Exclusive**
Several senior Republican lawmakers are privately expressing concern that government property may disappear during First Lady Hillary Rodham's move to New York, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
"The White House is filled with our national treasures... I hope they do not come up missing after all of this moving around!" one ranking congressman explained over the weekend.
"How is Hillary planning to furnish that big house, when they've always lived in publicly funded housing? I think we need to get someone in there to audit the White House right now."
The congressman, who refused to be named for this report, explains how other lawmakers have similar concerns about the status of White House property.
"We've talked about raising this issue, but the leadership is worried it would be in very poor taste... You just can't come out and accuse the First Lady of robbery, for goodness sake. Especially, a robbery that has not yet happened!"
Earlier this month Hillary Clinton indicated that she will soon move out of the White House, into her new million-dollar home in Chappaqua, New York.
"I may have to buy some things, but we are mostly trying to use what we have," she told reporters at the White House last week. "While I'm waiting, I'm trying to get everything ready. We are pulling things out of storage to see what has to be covered and fixed."
Mrs Clinton will be decorating and furnishing her own house for the first time in 20 years.
White House officials declined to say precisely what the First Family has in storage.
The congressman draws parallels to the situation in Israel last October when Israeli police raided the home and office of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seizing dozens of expensive items -- boxes with gold, silver and expensive paintings -- they suspected him of keeping illegally after he was voted out of office. Both Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, were later questioned about the items by fraud investigators.
"I'm not really concerned about the towels at the White House or the bedding," said the lawmaker, "but there are priceless treasures down there."
A Clinton family friend late on Sunday called the concerns groundless and "hateful".
"Who in their right mind would ever accuse the First Lady of stealing from the White House?... This is absolutely hateful!"
The Clinton friend says the First Family will furnish their new house with private funds.
"The first lady is looking forward to the move and the experience of decorating her new home," said the friend.
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LAWMAKERS SUGGEST AUDIT OF WHITE HOUSE PROPERTY BEFORE HILLARY MOVE
**Exclusive**
Several senior Republican lawmakers are privately expressing concern that government property may disappear during First Lady Hillary Rodham's move to New York, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
"The White House is filled with our national treasures... I hope they do not come up missing after all of this moving around!" one ranking congressman explained over the weekend.
"How is Hillary planning to furnish that big house, when they've always lived in publicly funded housing? I think we need to get someone in there to audit the White House right now."
The congressman, who refused to be named for this report, explains how other lawmakers have similar concerns about the status of White House property.
"We've talked about raising this issue, but the leadership is worried it would be in very poor taste... You just can't come out and accuse the First Lady of robbery, for goodness sake. Especially, a robbery that has not yet happened!"
Earlier this month Hillary Clinton indicated that she will soon move out of the White House, into her new million-dollar home in Chappaqua, New York.
"I may have to buy some things, but we are mostly trying to use what we have," she told reporters at the White House last week. "While I'm waiting, I'm trying to get everything ready. We are pulling things out of storage to see what has to be covered and fixed."
Mrs Clinton will be decorating and furnishing her own house for the first time in 20 years.
White House officials declined to say precisely what the First Family has in storage.
The congressman draws parallels to the situation in Israel last October when Israeli police raided the home and office of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seizing dozens of expensive items -- boxes with gold, silver and expensive paintings -- they suspected him of keeping illegally after he was voted out of office. Both Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, were later questioned about the items by fraud investigators.
"I'm not really concerned about the towels at the White House or the bedding," said the lawmaker, "but there are priceless treasures down there."
A Clinton family friend late on Sunday called the concerns groundless and "hateful".
"Who in their right mind would ever accuse the First Lady of stealing from the White House?... This is absolutely hateful!"
The Clinton friend says the First Family will furnish their new house with private funds.
"The first lady is looking forward to the move and the experience of decorating her new home," said the friend.
