Trump FAMILY Throws Don Jr. UNDER BUS for Russian Wedding PAYMENT?!?!

Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian cover the Trump family's coordinated effort to distance itself from Donald Trump Jr. after ProPublica revealed Kremlin-linked oligarch Umar Kremlev funded part of his Bahamas wedding celebration, including a private island rental and a $75,000 fireworks display. Brian runs through the identical talking points issued by Eric Trump's spokesperson, Melania Trump's office, and Todd Blanche, all claiming no knowledge of Kremlev, while Trump himself downplayed the gift as something "very common" friends do at weddings. Shant highlights the conspicuous silence from Jared Kushner, Ivanka, Tiffany, and Lara Trump, all wedding attendees who have said nothing in Don Jr.'s defense, and notes Trump skipped the wedding entirely, fueling speculation he wanted distance from Kremlev before this story broke. Brian and Shant walk through the actual legal exposure: receiving a lavish gift alone isn't a crime, but the Foreign Agents Registration Act criminalizes lobbying on behalf of a foreign interest without registering, a law that applies to family members of officials just as much as anyone else, and any quid pro quo, even an informal request for access to the president, would cross that line. Shant notes Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah has now asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena both Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden. Brian's bottom line: the family's synchronized amnesia about a guest who rented them an island says more than any denial could.

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