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Mikhail Zygar on Don Jr.'s chum and wedding financier, Umar Kremlev: "Inside Russia, Kremlev is a very well-known figure — and a particularly vivid representative of a new generation of Putin-era oligarchs. "He has a criminal record. His spectacular rise has been closely intertwined with his relationship with one of Vladimir Putin’s most powerful bodyguards. People linked to him came to control more than half of Russia’s legal sports-betting market. He runs the International Boxing Association, has waged an increasingly bitter war against the International Olympic Committee, and has turned himself into a highly visible social-media personality preaching patriotism, masculinity and Orthodox Christianity. He has also repeatedly promoted aggressively anti-LGBT rhetoric. "In other words, Kremlev is not simply a rich Russian who somehow befriended the American president’s son. He is a product of one of the most important transformations of Putin’s Russia: the emergence of businessmen whose wealth depends not primarily on privatization, natural resources or entrepreneurial talent, but on access to the security services and, ultimately, to Putin himself." https://t.co/CCzhGkj35B

BREAKING: Melania Trump throws Donald Trump Jr. under the bus after it was revealed that his lavish island wedding was funded by an alleged child-trafficking Russian oligarch connected to Putin. Even rats flee a sinking ship... “Mrs. Trump does not, and has never had, a relationship with Mr. Kremlev. Mrs. Trump played no role whatsoever in organizing the wedding event and was not privy to any aspect of its financial planning," the First Lady's spokesperson told The Daily Mail. Kremlev is Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association and a member of Putin's inner circle. ProPublica recently revealed that Kremlev helped foot the bill for Don Jr.'s blowout Bahamas wedding to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's the kind of stunning corruption that would have been unthinkable before Donald Trump turned the White House into a pay-to-play cash machine for himself and his family. It's unclear what exactly Kremlev received in return for forking over so much money, but you can rest assured he didn't do it out of the goodness of his heart. Melania's attempt to distance herself from this growing scandal is remarkable because she could have simply said nothing. Instead, she's making it clear that she had no hand in what appears to be a blatant quid pro quo arrangement. Perhaps she expects a full scale investigation into the wedding once Democrats retake power or perhaps she simply doesn't like Don Jr., the son of the President's late ex-wife Ivana. Or perhaps Melania is worried that any association with Kremlev could deepen the public's perception that she is knee-deep in the world of child trafficking. She was a friend of Epstein's right-hand woman and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, and there are numerous photos of her hanging out with the billionaire pedophile himself. Kremlev has been accused of deep involvement in "Healthy Fatherland," a shadowy organization run by his wife's twin sister that allegedly kidnaps children from Ukraine and traffics them back to Russia for "reeducation." Apparently, Donald Trump Jr. has no problem not only fraternizing with men like this, but gladly accepts their money. Do you think Democrats should subpoena everyone who attended this wedding and find out what's really going on? Please ❤️ and share if you support a full investigation of Don Jr.'s wedding!