Clinton Takes a Few Parting Gifts
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WASHINGTON — An $800 photo of jazz musician Duke Ellington, a $2,500 bust of President Truman, $300 boxing gloves from Sylvester Stallone and a painting of Buddy are among the $190,000 worth of gifts that outgoing President Clinton is keeping.
Clinton’s final financial disclosure report released Friday night listed more than 50 gifts he has decided to take with him as he leaves office.
On the list were paintings, lamps, chairs, china, two carpets worth $6,282, flatware, a kitchen table and chairs, $2,993 in televisions and a video disc player, two sofas, an easy chair and ottoman, a chandelier, two coffee tables and a framed tapestry someone gave him in Vietnam.
The Clintons reported in 2000 assets worth up to $2.69 million, much of it in three blind trusts valued at between $680,000 and $1.35 million.
They said the Clinton Legal Expense Trust paid $1.05 million in legal fees, and they reported owing more than $2 million to two law firms, Williams & Connolly in Washington, and Skadden, Arps, Slater, Meagher & Flom.
The Clintons said they owe two other firms--Mayer, Brown & Platt and the Little Rock, Ark.-based Wright, Lindsey & Jennings--between $350,000 and $750,000 for legal fees incurred since 1998.
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