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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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…
Trump Said Don Jr. Paid Back Russian Oligarch
“President Trump said Friday that his eldest son, Don Jr. had paid back a Russian oligarch who footed the bill for the younger Trump’s wedding festivities earlier this year,” the New York Post reports. Said Trump: “It’s totally allowed, and a lot of people have parties, but it’s totally allowed. But as I understand it, […]
Trump says his son reimbursed Russian oligarch who paid for wedding festivities
President Donald Trump said Friday that his son Donald Trump Jr. had reimbursed the Russian oligarch who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to help fund his wedding celebration. An investigation published this week by ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, […]
EADaily, September 19, 2026 – The US President's son will return money to Russian businessman Umar Kremlin, who paid a portion of the wedding expenses, as announced in Donald Trump's briefing.
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