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Trump Jr. Russian oligarch wedding funding investigation

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SEP 22 · Day 8

US Republican calls for probe into Donald Trump Jr's business dealings

Hunter Biden responded on social media, denying any foreign business dealings while his father was president and offering to testify alongside Trump Jr.

Curtis sent a letter to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the US Senate Judiciary Committee referencing a ProPublica report that found Trump Jr's Bahamian wedding party in May was funded by a Russian oligarch.

US Senator Dick Durbin, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Hunter Biden had already given a sworn deposition to Congress while Trump Jr had not.

SEP 18 · Day 4

Trump says Donald Trump Jr. repaid Russian oligarch for wedding party

ABC News has asked the White House and the Trump Organization for evidence that Trump Jr. paid Kremlev back.

Kremlev's press office told ProPublica that Kremlev and Trump Jr. have a friendly relationship and first met a couple of years ago.

Trump said he heard that Trump Jr. paid Kremlev back, and that Trump Jr. told him he was paying it back.

SEP 16 · Day 2

Umar Kremlev, Russian businessman who paid for part of Trump Jr.'s wedding

President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have downplayed the payments as a generous wedding gift.

Andrew Tate was arrested outside the arena on charges brought by U.K. police.

In 2024, Kremlev acquired Russia's largest car dealership group, Rolf.

“It’s unfortunate that something so personal and happy can be recast as something political or sinister simply because of who someone is or where they come from,”
BETTINA ANDERSON verbatim
SEP 15 · Day 1

Donald Trump Jr. wedding scandal commentary

Kremlev is the head of the International Boxing Association and an associate of Vladimir Putin.

ProPublica reported that Russian national Umar Kremlev spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Donald Trump Jr.'s May wedding to Bettina Anderson.

The ProPublica story stated that Donald Trump Jr. is worth a reported $300 million.

SEP 15 · Day 1

House oversight panel investigates Trump Jr. wedding party funded by Russian oligarch

President Donald Trump stated that Kremlev did not pay for the wedding but rather funded an afterparty given in honor of the couple.

ProPublica revealed that Umar Kremlev spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on wedding celebrations for Donald Trump Jr and his wife Bettina.

Trump Jr and his wife Bettina confirmed Kremlev's financial involvement on the day the ProPublica report was published.

SEP 15 · Day 1

Profile of Umar Kremlev, Russian oligarch linked to Trump Jr's wedding

The International Olympic Committee withdrew recognition from the IBA in 2023.

Umar Kremlev was convicted of extortion in 2004 and assault in 2007.

Proekt reported that Umar Kremlev is married to the sister of Russian major general Alexei Rubezhny.

SEP 14

Donald Trump Jr says Putin ally paid for wedding festivities as gift

The couple held a two-day celebration on a separate island that rents for approximately $100,000 per night.

The couple said in a statement that Kremlev hosted two nights of celebrations after their wedding as a generous gift.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner attended part of the wedding.

SEP 14

Russian oligarch close to Putin reportedly paid for part of Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding

Kremlev's press office told ProPublica that Kremlev and Trump Jr. have a friendly relationship and first met a couple of years ago.

ABC News has not independently confirmed the details of the ProPublica report.

Putin bestowed Kremlev with the Order of Friendship in the month before the wedding.

“It’s unfortunate that something so personal and happy can be recast as something political or sinister simply because of who someone is or where they come from,”
BETTINA ANDERSON verbatim
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