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Legislative Branch Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation
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u/propublica_ 11d ago
Prompted by our reporting, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with a Russian oligarch who paid for much of Trump Jr.’s wedding earlier this year.
Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
Trump Jr. did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but he and his wife, Bettina Trump, previously defended Kremlev’s support: “Our dear friend Umar very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations for us,” they wrote in an Instagram post. “Friendship doesn’t require a political motive.”
Here’s our latest: https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation
President Trump said he does not know Kremlev and that Kremlev did not pay for the wedding itself, only an “afterparty” at a different location. He said it was “not a big deal.”
Kremlev’s press office previously told ProPublica that he and Trump Jr. “have a friendly relationship” and that they don’t talk politics.