The Russian businessman who paid for the afterparty at President Donald Trump’s eldest son’s wedding has close ties to the Kremlin.
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DOJ charges Russian assassination network, calls probe of Trump Jr.'s wedding funder unlikely.
“They just told us with a straight face they can hunt down five Russian killers hiding on another continent, but they can't find one file worth opening on the guy who paid for the top-shelf liquor at Trump Jr.'s wedding. That's not a gap in the investigation, that's the investigation working exactly as designed. The kid gets a rooftop open bar on Kremlin money, you get to wonder why the DOJ suddenly needs a magnifying glass to find its own paperwork.”
“Look, the Department has finite resources, and it just used them to take down an actual armed intelligence network — five operatives, murder-for-hire, that's priority one, obviously that's where the manpower goes. The Kremlev thing is a wedding vendor, basically, and the family's already said there's no connection, so what exactly are you asking them to investigate, a receipt for an open bar? ...though I guess "the family says there's no connection" is also what you'd hear either way. Forget I said that.”
The receipts
The Justice Department is accusing several members of Russia's intelligence services of running a "global assassination network" that targeted Kremlin critics.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges Tuesday.
Kremlev, 43 is best known as head of the controversial International Boxing Association -- a position he has held since 2020 -- which was stripped of its recognition and banned from the Paris 2024 Olympics over allegations of corruption.
The Department of Justice announced charges against five Russian agents still at large for allegedly contracting for surveillance and murder-for-hire plots around the world, including in the United States. The individuals allegedly work for Russian intelligence services and have been working since 2024 to conspire and conduct attacks…
The DOJ disbanded its crypto enforcement team in April 2025 and ordered inconsistent investigations closed - while the president's family runs a crypto business CNBC, 8 April 2025 (Blanche memo)
Blanche says investigation unlikely into Russian oligarch's wedding gift to Trump Jr.Trump's family members say have no connection to Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.
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· Prosecutor Joseph diGenova resigns from DOJ role investigating Trump-Russia probes from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026
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