Trump says his son told him he will pay back Russian oligarch for wedding contribution
Trump said his son will reimburse Umar Kremlev after ProPublica reported the Russian businessman paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for wedding celebrations.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump stated his son intends to repay a Russian oligarch who financed his wedding party earlier this year.
- ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association, paid for the wedding festivities held in the Bahamas in May.
- When asked about the report, Trump responded, "'No, I'm paying it back, Dad,'" according to the President.
- Democrats in the U.S. Congress launched an investigation this week into reports that the businessman paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the celebrations.
- The President had previously claimed he did not know Kremlev when the report first surfaced, marking a shift from his current position.
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Congressional Democrats Investigate Funding for Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas Celebrations
Trump says son told him he’ll repay Russian oligarch for wedding parties
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his son Donald Trump Jnr has told him he would pay back a Russian oligarch who bankrolled wedding celebrations for him in the Bahamas in May. Democrats in the US Congress launched an investigation this week into reports that Umar Kremlev, a wealthy Russian businessman and president of the International Boxing Association, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the wedding festivities. ProPublica…
Donald Trump Claims Donald Trump Jr. Paid Back Russian Oligarch For Controversial Wedding Gift
Donald Trump Jr. defended the gift earlier this week and made no mention he paid back Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch linked to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Washington, United States. US President Donald Trump said Friday that his eldest son had reimbursed the expenses for the two days of celebrations in the Bahamas after his wedding in May, assumed by a Russian businessman linked to the Kremlin. “It is totally allowed and many people organize parties (...) but, as I understand it, he returned the money,” Trump said when an AFP journalist asked him in the Oval Office if it had been appropriate for D…
Donald Trump said on Friday that his son Don Jr. was reimbursing the expenses incurred by a Russian businessman related to the Kremlin for festivities following his marriage. ...
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