Donald Trump Jr.’s wife defends wedding gift from Russian oligarch
Bettina Trump said the gift was a private gesture and not political, after ProPublica reported Kremlev covered hundreds of thousands of dollars in wedding costs.
- On Monday, Bettina Trump defended her wedding celebrations on Instagram, characterizing backlash as unfortunate and insisting that Russian Oligarch Umar Kremlev's gift was personal, not political.
- ProPublica recently reported that the couple's Caribbean wedding was funded by Kremlev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, though a spokesperson for Don described the oligarch as a personal friend.
- Former FBI official Frank Montoya criticized the arrangement, noting that oligarchs often work with the Russian government and stating that accepting such funding should be "unthinkable" for the president's son.
- Bettina Trump emphasized that "friendship doesn't require a political motive," describing the wedding as intimate and deeply personal, and rejecting claims the arrangement carried hidden obligations.
- Concerns about political figures receiving funding from foreign entities persist, with critics like Montoya arguing such arrangements create potential conflicts of interest regardless of claims of personal friendship.
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Trump Jr. had already been the subject of scrutiny for his ties with Russia. During the 2016 campaign, his meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower was the subject of intense scrutiny by federal and congressional investigators
"Our wedding is apparently back in the news, so a little clarification is in order," Bettina Trump, who is married to Donald Trump Jr., begins by writing.
In May, the president's son celebrated his marriage to the model Bettina Anderson extensively in the Caribbean – co-financed by a Russian sports official. Trumps see this as no problem.
️️ Trump Jr.'s wife confirmed that a friend of Putin's head of security paid for the wedding of the US president's son
The celebrations for the wedding of US President Donald Trump Jr.'s son to Bettina Anderson were paid for by Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association (IBA), who is close to Alexei Rubezhny, head of the Russian...
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