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Trump Jr. Accepts Kremlev-Funded Bahamas Wedding Gifts

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC · How we work

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Trump Jr. Accepts Gift

Donald Trump Jr. accepted a gift from Umar Kremlev that funded Bahamas celebrations.
ProPublica reported Kremlev paid $100,000 for an island and $70,000 for fireworks.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) demanded answers, saying Kremlev spent hundreds of thousands on the president’s son.
President Donald Trump said he did not know Kremlev and did not pay for the wedding.

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Umar Kremlev controls Russia’s three largest betting firms after a 2021 decree named his TSUPIS sole operator.
He married Alexei Rubezhny’s sister, forging a family link to Russia’s presidential security chief.
He served prison time for extortion in 2004 and battery in 2007.
In 2024 he acquired Rolf, the nation’s largest car-dealership group, after its nationalisation from a Kremlin critic.

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Trump Jr. Accepts Gift

Donald Trump Jr. accepted a gift from Umar Kremlev that funded Bahamas celebrations.
ProPublica reported Kremlev paid $100,000 for an island and $70,000 for fireworks.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) demanded answers, saying Kremlev spent hundreds of thousands on the president’s son.
President Donald Trump said he did not know Kremlev and did not pay for the wedding.

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