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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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his son Donald Trump Jr. said he will return the money donated by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev to his wedding party, held in May, in the Bahamas. Read also: Trump says that democrats are lazy with crime and embrace communism Democrats investigate financing Trump's son's parties by Russian oligarch Trump's approval goes up after a minimum record, but worse scenario for Republicans, says Democratic …
Trump says son will pay back Russian oligarch over wedding festivities
Donald Trump said Donald Trump Jr would repay Umar Kremlev after reports the Russian businessman funded wedding celebrations in the Bahamas. The remarks came as Democrats in Congress investigated the payments and Bettina Trump said Kremlev had covered two after-parties as a wedding gift.
Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’ – WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday defended his son’s recent wedding party being partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch, but also said he’d been told the money would be paid back. “It’s totally allowed. And a lot of people have parties and all,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, before adding, “But,...
Trump says his son's wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian
Donald Trump Jr, center, speaks with his wife Bettina, left, as they wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to deliver remarks to U.S. embassy staff at Deerfield Residence in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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