Trump: Son will return money to the Russian businessman who paid for his wedding expenses
Kyiv • UNN
Donald Trump said that his son is returning money to Umar Kremlev for the wedding expenses. The U.S. Congress is investigating the financing of the celebrations.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that his son will return the money to Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, who paid part of the expenses for his wedding. This was reported by UNN.
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According to the White House chief, after the reports were published, he asked Donald Trump Jr. about it, and his son assured him that he was returning all the money spent to Kremlev.
That was some time ago, and, as far as I have heard, he is paying it back
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According to media reports, Russian sports official and head of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev paid part of the expenses for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas in May. He allegedly covered the costs of the fireworks and the rental of one of the private islands.
Days ago, Democrats in the U.S. Congress launched an investigation following reports that a Russian oligarch had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for President Donald Trump's son's wedding celebrations.
Trump himself previously claimed that he knew nothing about his son's close friendship with the Russian businessman.