Jim Banks opposes a Senate inquiry into Trump Jr. over the wedding celebration
Jim BanksU.S. senator from Indiana, writing on X
Sen. Jim Banks wrote that the Senate should investigate actual crimes, not manufacture fake ones, while arguing that Donald Trump Jr. was a businessman rather than an administration official. The Hill reported the post in coverage of Sen. John Curtis's request for a Judiciary Committee inquiry and subpoenas.
“Don Jr. is a businessman, not an administration official. There is no evidence he sold access to the presidency. That is the difference between him and Hunter Biden and it is not a small one. The Senate should investigate actual crimes, not manufacture fake ones.”
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Should the Senate Judiciary Committee Subpoena Donald Trump Jr. Over His Kremlev-Funded Wedding Celebration?
Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association and a Putin ally sanctioned by Ukraine, helped fund a private-island celebration for Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Trump's May 2026 wedding, including a fireworks show, ProPublica reported in September 2026. Bettina Trump acknowledged the arrangement on Instagram, calling Kremlev a "dear friend." The same day, President Trump told NBC News he had "no idea who Umar is, never heard of him," and called it "not a big deal." Four days later, in the Oval Office, Trump instead defended the arrangement as "totally allowed" and said he understood Kremlev had been repaid. On September 21, Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) wrote the Senate Judiciary Committee asking it to subpoena both Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden, arguing the episode and Hunter Biden's past foreign business dealings both raise questions about "the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit." The Judiciary Committee had not committed to acting as of this writing.
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Banks wrote in a post about a proposed Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into Donald Trump Jr. and the Kremlev-funded wedding celebration. The Hill independently reported the post and quoted the same passage.
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The Hill reports on Banks's post concerning the proposed inquiry, links to the original post, and quotes its central language. It corroborates the attribution and context but does not establish whether any underlying allegation is true.
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The post came amid public discussion of Curtis's request for a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into Trump Jr. over the Kremlev-funded celebration. The Hill says Banks wrote it after Sen. Bernie Moreno made a similar public argument.
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The post ends by saying the Senate should investigate actual crimes, not manufacture fake ones.
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Relative to whether the Judiciary Committee should subpoena Trump Jr. over the Kremlev-funded celebration, Banks argues against an inquiry and says there is no evidence Trump Jr. sold access. This defends Trump Jr. from the case's concern and rejects a subpoena based on it.
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