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Ariana Baio

Top Democrat on House oversight panel investigating Trump Jr wedding party bankrolled by Russian oligarch

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Robert Garcia speaks at a Texas Democratic party press conference before day two of the Republican national convention, on 10 September 2026. Photograph: Gabriela Passos/AP

Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, is investigating potential ties between the White House and a Russian oligarch who paid for a portion of Donald Trump Jr’s wedding.

In a letter sent to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, on Monday, Garcia expressed concern about “any possible foreign entanglement” between the president’s son and the oligarch, Umar Kremlev. Garcia asked Wiles to provide documents, records and communications between the White House and Trump Jr about Kremlev, among other requests.

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