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“Toaster is a wedding gift. A party on a private island, paid for by a oligarch linked to Putin, is something entirely different,” says John Curtis.
Senator from Utah, John Curtis, called for an investigation into Donald Trump Jr. after reports that Russian businessman Umar Kremlinov, tied to the Kremlin, funded a wedding anniversary party.
The Wall Street Journal reports this.
Curtis sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judicial Committee requesting an investigation into “the use of the president’s family connections for private financial gain, preferential treatment, or access by domestic and foreign interests.” He urged the committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr., as well as Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, who for 2014-2019 years sat on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas-producing company owned by former Ukrainian Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky from the era of Yanukovych.
“A toaster is a wedding gift. A party on a private island, paid for by an oligarch linked to Putin, is something entirely different,” Curtis said.
In his letter, the senator also mentioned “Trump Jr.’s active promotion of cryptocurrency projects with family backing, his ongoing attempts to seal international real estate deals, including direct meetings with foreign heads of state, and his likely investments in defense contracts.”
Asked about Hunter Biden’s testimony in a statement to WSJ, he replied: “I’ve given more than seven hours of sworn testimony… I’ll sit next to Don Jr. and testify anytime and anywhere. Eric and Jared (the middle son's son and Jared Kushner) may also join us.”
Earlier, the House of Representatives Select Committee began an investigation into the circumstances of the gift to the president’s son. Democrats’ leader on the committee, Robert Garcia, said he contacted White House Chief of Staff Suzy Wiles to demand all documents and records regarding conversations between the presidential administration and the president’s son about Kremlin involvement.
14 September ProPublica reported that after their wedding, Donald Trump Jr. and his wife held two days of celebrations on exclusive islands in the Bahamas, paid for by Umar Kremlinov, a Russian businessman closely linked to Putin’s entourage.
19 September Donald Trump stated that his son allegedly reimbursed the funds that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlinov spent on the wedding celebration.
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