Rising Dem Star Goes Scorched Earth on Trump’s ‘Corrupt’ Band of ‘Clowns’
Getty Images Rising Democratic Party star John Ossoff pulled no punches as he eviscerated Donald Trump Jr. over his links to a murky Russian oligarch.
It was revealed earlier this week that the president’s son had a little help paying for his lavish Bahamas wedding celebration from a billionaire with close ties to Vladimir Putin.
A bombshell report from ProPublica outed Umar Kremlev, a gambling magnate who heads the International Boxing Association (IBA), as the man who paid for the post-nuptials bash.
But Donald Trump’s MAGA shills have gone on the defensive, saying it was a mere gift from a friend.
“The president doesn’t know who this person is.
I think other members of the family don’t know who this person is ...
When you say, am I investigating.
Am I investigating what?” Attorney General Todd Blanche barked at reporters on Tuesday during a White House press briefing in the Rose Garden, appearing annoyed at the suggestion that Don Jr. might have done something wrong.
“Blanche is a joke and a hack,” Ossoff, a Democratic senator from Georgia who is vying for re-election in November, responded on The Briefing with Jen Psaki later that evening.
He then turned his fire on Don Jr.
“Here are some questions I have.
Is it the case that Kremlev was in China with Putin just days before he attended the wedding and gave what appears to have been a lavish gift to the president’s son? And what are his ties to Russia’s security services? I mean, this is just another day in Donald Trump’s America.” The 39-year-old, who is being mooted by some as a potential 2028 presidential contender, added: “These folks are not just corrupt, they’re clowns.
Here you have a Kremlin-connected Russian oligarch giving massive cash gifts to the president’s son.
You’ve got this war spiraling out of control in the Middle East.
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