How Putin's Inner Circle Just Funded The Trump Family

By Times News

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Why did a Russian oligarch pay for Donald Trump Jr's wedding? Umar Kremlev, who's a friend of President Putin, paid for wedding celebration for Donald Trump Jr. We look at how the White House is reacting, why Senate Democrats like Jon Ossoff are seizing on the story, and the dismay that Republicans are expressing behind closed doors. Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal They were speaking on The State of It USA podcast. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/gF5RW1C-wYU 00:00 - The Utter Shamelessness of Don Jr.'s Wedding Party 01:10 - Funded by a Putin Crony: The Umar Kremlev Connection 02:35 - Why Political Corruption No Longer Shocks DC 03:35 - White House Responds: "Am I Investigating What?" 04:02 - Trump's Foreign Policy and Authoritarian Alliances 06:40 - Family Distancing & Looming House Subpoenas 08:40 - The $2.2 Billion "Self-Sacrifice" Myth 09

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