The U.S. Attorney General was asked whether he’d investigate Russian boxing chief Umar Kremlev’s reported financing of Trump Jr.’s wedding festivities. His response: What is there to investigate?

The U.S. Attorney General was asked whether he’d investigate Russian boxing chief Umar Kremlev’s reported financing of Trump Jr.’s wedding festivities. His response: What is there to investigate? U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters at the White House that he had no plans to investigate Russian businessman Umar Kremlev’s possible role in organizing Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding. Blanche said U.S. President Donald Trump does not know who Kremlev is. “I think other members of the family don’t know who this person is… When you say am I investigating — am I investigating what?” Blanche said, according to ABC News. “The president’s son has said that he’s a very close friend and that he accepted a gift the weekend of his wedding,” Blanche said. “And when you say this person is a friend of Putin, I don’t even know if that’s true or not. I don’t have any information. I don’t know this person either, so I don’t have any information about it,” Blanche said. On September 14, ProPublica published an investigation that found Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association, had covered some of the expenses for Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas. Its reporters found that Kremlev had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on renting an island for the event, fireworks, and other expenses. The money came from a Dubai account linked to the boxing association he heads. A representative for Trump Jr. did not deny that Kremlev had covered wedding expenses. He called the Russian businessman “a personal friend of Don’s,” saying the two had “a strictly personal relationship based on a shared love of boxing and the outdoors.” After ProPublica published its findings, U.S. Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, launched an investigation into Kremlev’s possible role in organizing Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding. At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication. If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at [email protected]. To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.