Republican Senator John Curtis has requested that Donald Trump Jr be investigated over his foreign business dealings and his acceptance of gifts, including a Russian oligarch funding a "lavish wedding afterparty." In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, Curtis wrote that the Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev funded Trump Jr's wedding afterparty on a private island shortly after reportedly traveling to China "as part of a delegation accompanying Vladimir Putin." He added that there were further concerns regarding Trump Jr's "active promotion of family-backed cryptocurrency ventures, his continued pursuit of international real estate deals involving direct meetings with foreign heads of state, and his reported investments in defense contracting." "These reports raise legitimate questions about foreign access to members of a sitting president's family and whether such relationships can create actual or perceived expectations of favorable treatment," he wrote. "They also may create expectations of a returned favor that would not be in the best interests of the American people or our allies, and could even create national security vulnerabilities." Curtis urged the committee to launch an investigation into the use of "private family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment, or access by domestic and foreign interests." He also urged to committee the subpoena both Trump Jr and Hunter Biden, the son of former president Joe Biden, to testify regarding their business dealings. Newsweek has contacted The Trump Organization for comment by email outside of regular working hours.
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