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Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’
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The president says he’s been told the money will be paid back.
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ProPublica reports that Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding was largely financed by Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association with ties to Gazprom and Vladimir Putin, with payments routed through a Dubai entity connected to the IBA.
Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish destination wedding was bankrolled by a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, ProPublica reported Monday. Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch, dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on Don Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.’s new wife defended her husband’s “dear friend” Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, following a bombshell report that he dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on their wedding.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pressed for answers on a Russian oligarch’s reported role in a wedding for one of President Trump’s sons. According to a report published Monday by ProPublica, Donald Trump Jr.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.’s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on her Instagram page Monday morning signed by the couple, Bettina Trump wrote that the man, Umar …
Influencer and model Bettina Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., defended the couple's wedding gift given to them by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev. "Apparently our wedding is making headlines again, so a little clarity seems in order," Bettina Trump wrote on Instagram.
US president’s eldest child married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in three-day celebration across two exclusive private islands US politics live – latest updates A top Democrat has demanded answers after it was reported that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin paid hundreds of thousan…
Marc Polymeropoulos and Michael Weiss give their takes on the ProPublica report that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin secretly bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding.
Umar Kremlin recently accompanied President Vladimir Putin on a delegation to China, and he is under Ukrainian sanctions that describe him as a “close friend of the head of Putin’s security service."
Bettina Anderson, the second wife of Donald Trump Jr., responded to a ProPublica report that alleged a Russian oligarch offered a wedding gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The investigative report raised concerns about International Boxing Association President Umar Kremlev funding the co…
Donald Trump Jr.’s wife, Bettina Anderson, confirmed this morning that a Russian oligarch with ties to President Vladimir Putin bankrolled part of the couple’s wedding weekend in the Bahamas earlier this year. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP) Good afternoon.
The couple described Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev as a "dear friend" who generously funded a three-day party for the Trumps in the Bahamas with no political motive whatsoever.
A ProPublica report says a Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin helped fund Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration in the Bahamas. According to the report, Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman and president of the International Boxing Association, paid hundreds of thousands in wedding expense…
