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Trump Jr wedding parties: Democrats probe Russian oligarch financing

Global Published 16 September 2026, 05:59 · archived 16 Sep 2026

WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US Congress launched an investigation this week into reports that a Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the wedding celebrations of President Donald Trump’s son earlier this year. The Democrats’ move comes on the heels of an article by ProPublica that Umar Kremlev, a wealthy Russian businessman and president of the International Boxing Association, paid for wedding festivities for Donald Trump Jr. in the Bahamas in May. The report said that Kremlev has close ties to the Russian government. “Why is a Russian oligarch and friend of Vladimir Put...

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