President Donald Trump gave $45,000 holiday cash gifts to Natalie Harp, Margo Martin and Chamberlain Harris, while Walt Nauta received $22,000, according to financial disclosures released by his administration. The four White House staff members received $157,000 in total, with the payments listed as holiday cash gifts. Federal employees are barred from receiving outside compensation for their duties, but the White House said the gifts were personal, unrelated to official work and permissible under legal and ethical standards. Earlier reporting cited Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, as saying a federal statute could expose payers and recipients to criminal penalties.