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A Russian oligarch with close ties to. Putin foots the bill for Don Jr's. wedding. I guess one of the items on Don. Jr.'s registry quidd proquo. This is. just another day. [music]. As you may remember back in May, Don Jr. married the model and socialite Betatina. Anderson. And while some couples tying. the knot are lucky enough to receive a. little financial help from the family, this happy couple found someone else to. lend a helping hand. ProPublica reports. that a Russian oligarch with close ties. to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

secretly bankrolled much of the event, including hundreds of thousands of. dollars in expenses. The report. identifies the oligarch as Umar Kremlev, who while only 50 people were on the. guest list. Umar Kremlev made the cut. You can see part of Kremlv's head. We. circled it there in the back of this. group photo. Maybe it's just me, but. traditionally when a Russian oligarch. foots the bill for your wedding, they. get to be front and center in your. wedding photo. Also, it's customary that. they are the ones who first get to. remove the groom's bra. But come on,

what did this guy Umar really pay for? The bar tab, the DJ, maybe a few powdery. nosed based appetizers. ProPublica. reviewed records showing Umar Kremlv. foot the bill for hundreds of thousands. of dollars of expenses, including. renting a private island for a reception. and paying for a $70,000 fireworks show. Wow, what a generous gesture. And I hear. Umar was even kind enough to send a. little message in his fireworks display, too. Well, I for one can't wait to hear.

the excuse from Don Jr. and his bride. about how they had no idea Umar had such. a close tie with Vladimir Putin and how. if they had known they never would have. accepted his dirty money. >> Today, Trump Jr. and his wife defending. the lavish gift in an Instagram post. writing, "Our dear friend Umar generous, very generously hosted two incredible. nights of celebrations for us after our. wedding. It was an extraordinarily. generous wedding gift from a friend and. something for which we were and remain.

incredibly grateful." You know what? I. apologize. I guess I hadn't realized. that these folks were such good friends. If that's the case, I'm sure that Umar. was just crawling all over the Instagram. pics Betina posted from her lavish. wedding weekend. >> I think the other thing with regards to. this photo is Donald Trump Jr. and his. wife released dozens of photos and. videos from this event and uh the. Russians were quite conspicuously absent. from all of them. The photo you're. showing on the screen is something that.

we found on Instagram posted sort of. unauthorized by another wedding guest. >> Wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me. that a member of the Trump family has. been withholding photos in an attempt to. hide what transpired on a private. island? This is preposterous. Next, you're going to tell me that Lauren. Boowbert brings that bottle of hand. lotion to Broadway shows for something. other than alleviating her dry skin. So, the eldest son of the president of the. United States had his private island.

wedding paid for by an oligarch with. close ties to one of our nation's top. adversaries. I wonder how that news sat. with Daddy Trump as he was attending. this lavish affair. >> Having your son's wedding this weekend, by the way, >> uh he'd like me to go, but it's going to. be just a small little private affair. and I'm going to try and make it. I'm. I'm in the midst. I said, you know, this. is not good timing for me. I have a. thing called Iran and other things. Look, I'm sure plenty of shitty dads. have made up excuses for why they. couldn't attend their son's wedding, but.

war with Iran definitely tops the list. I'd love to know what other excuses. Trump had on hand in case that didn't. work. Sorry, can't make it. I'm very. busy solemnly listening. Wish I could be. there, but I'm having my cankles. drained. Son, you know, I'd love to be. there, but I'm extremely busy trying to. your sister. So, Don Jr.'s 's own. father didn't attend to his son's. wedding, but a Russian oligarch did. And. I'm not saying that all Russian. oligarchs are shady. I'm just saying. that this one definitely is. In 2009,

Umar Kremlev did not yet exist. He was. in his late 20s with a criminal record. for extortion and battery still going by. his birth name. In 2010, he changed his. name to Kremlv. He soon joined a Russian. governmentbacked biker gang called the. Nightwolves. And I'd just like to say in. the event that any members of the. Nightwolves are watching, I couldn't respect you more. And I think. you're all terrific people. But you know what? It's probably for the.

best that Donald Trump didn't attend his. son's holy union. I mean, if the. president of the United States had been. pictured with a Russian oligarch, it. could have given off the perception that. back in May he was involved in some act. of corruption. >> The Justice Department said today it's. creating a nearly $1.8 8 billion fund. that could compensate Trump supporters. who say they were wrongly investigated. or prosecuted by previous. administrations. >> Damn. 1.8 billion. Think of what a. Russian oligarch could do with all of. that firework money. Now, to those of.

you who think that the only reason Don. Jr. accepted this gift of hundreds of. thousands of dollars from a Russian. oligarch is so that it could lead to. mutually advantageous business ventures. down the road because he couldn't give. two shits about even the remote. appearance of blatant corruption. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. It is also. because Don Jr. is an incredibly cheap. bastard. Yes, it turns out that back in. the early 2000s when Don Jr. was. proposing to his first wife, Vanessa, he. got a free engagement ring from a. jeweler at a mall in Short Hills, New.

Jersey, in exchange for publicly. announcing his engagement there. And. with a love story like that, it's truly. shocking that marriage went south. But. look, it is extremely common for people. to get a little money to help pay for. their wedding. But it's a bit less. common for people to get a shitload of. money because their dad is the. president. >> Since his father's return to office, Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest. son's investment firm, has gone from. managing just a few hundred million. bucks to more than three billion. That.

is according to the New York Times. Last. year, the Pentagon announced it would. give a $620 million loan to Vulcan. Elements, a company you might not know, but here's something. It's linked to. Donald Trump Jr., >> an investment firm with Donald Trump. Jr.'s ties shortly dejoined the firm. shortly after his father was reelected. It's taken a significant stake in. another defense contractor, Anderil. Industries, a major supplier of AI. powered defense technology and other. weapons, to the Pentagon.

>> Yes. Some parents give kitchen wear or. linens as a wedding gift, but Donald. prefers to go the more traditional route. of gifting the no bid contract. The. reality is Don Jr. is exactly like his. father, a sleazy businessman who will. exploit every opportunity possible so. someone else can foot the bill, all. while painting himself as a man who. cares deeply about America's salt of the. earth working class. >> My father's Republican party cares about. putting America first.

We care about working people and. Republicans have delivered for working. people. Yeah. Speaking of delivering for. regular Americans, for Don Jr.'s. wedding, a five- tier funfetti cake had. been airlifted in from Florida. So, next. time you're having a health crisis but. can't afford to be airlifted to a. hospital because of this president's. policies, you might want to try dressing. yourself up as a cake. And I don't want. to paint some picture that Don Jr. is. out of touch with America's regular. folk. He can do that fine just on his.

own. >> One of the most amazing things I got to. witness, I was this summer with my. beautiful girlfriend Betina in Monaco. and we were driving around and on an. average day 50% of the supercars, the. Bugattis, the Ferraris, the this all had. Ukrainian plates. >> So relatable. The reason it's generally. frowned upon for family members of the. commander-in-chief to accept hundreds of. thousands of dollars from oligarchs with. close ties to America's adversaries is. because it gives the perception that it. is influencing America's foreign policy.

Not that Donald Trump would ever get. involved in something like that. >> Mr. Zalinski has to do one thing. He has. to stop knocking out diesel fuel in. Russia. And I've asked President. Zalinski not to hit the diesel plants. refineries. Not knowing why the. president is trying to deter Ukraine. from hitting Russia's diesel plants is. the whole point. Whether it is Donald. Trump accepting Qatari jets, Eric Trump. scoring billion-dollar waterfront real. estate deals in Saudi Arabia, or Don Jr.

handing off his wedding planning to one. of Vladimir Putin's right-hand men, the. message is all the same. The Trump. family doesn't care about helping. Americans who are struggling. They only. care about helping themselves. And as. long as the Trumps are in power, all. they're going to do is attempt to rake. in as much cash as they can while trying. to distract the American public from. their blatant corruption any way. possible. >> A $70,000 fireworks show. >> Sorry, but we've already seen that one. [music].

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