Blumenthal says there is a real duty to investigate corruption like the Trump Jr. wedding gift
U.S. Senator (D-Conn.) and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
“We have a real duty to investigate all of this just absolutely blatant corruption that’s so dangerous to our national security, like the Trump Jr. wedding gift.”
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Roll Call report on Sen. John Curtis's letter asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the Trump Jr. wedding celebration and to subpoena Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden, with reactions from other senators.
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Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman and ranking member that week urging an investigation and subpoenas for Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden. Roll Call reported that Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association, paid for the multiday Bahamas celebrations for Trump Jr. It also quoted President Trump as saying he had heard Kremlev was paid back.
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Roll Call also reported that Sen. Thom Tillis said an investigation was up to Chairman Chuck Grassley and that he would not oppose it, while Sen. Bernie Moreno wrote on X that subpoenas of presidential family members must pass a high bar.
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Case context: Should the Senate Judiciary Committee Subpoena Donald Trump Jr. Over His Kremlev-Funded Wedding Celebration?
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The case's reference point is the Kremlev-funded celebration for Donald Trump Jr. and whether the Senate Judiciary Committee should investigate it. Blumenthal, a Judiciary Committee member, calls corruption like the Trump Jr. wedding gift blatant and dangerous to national security and says there is a real duty to investigate it. That expressly criticizes the conduct under scrutiny and backs an inquiry, so we labeled it Condemned.
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