该国最高执法官员似乎不太可能调查一名与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京有关系的俄罗斯寡头，据称该寡头向为小唐纳德·特朗普的婚礼提供资金今年早些时候，在新闻引发国家安全和反间谍的关注后，贝蒂娜安德森。
“总统不知道这个人是谁。我想这个家庭的其他成员不知道这个人是谁吗．．．你说我在调查-我在调查什么？司法部长托德·布兰奇周二在白宫玫瑰园的新闻发布会上告诉记者。
小唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr ．）和他的妻子在佛罗里达州的棕榈滩结婚，然后于5月下旬前往巴哈马群岛的一个私人岛屿参加婚礼派对，这位寡头-奥马尔·克里姆列夫-根据非营利调查机构审查的记录，在那个周末晚些时候支付了活动的大部分费用ProPublica以及三位熟悉该事件的人士。
据ProPublica报道，这笔费用包括租用私人岛屿和烟花表演的费用。据报道，支付这些费用的是一个隶属于国际拳击协会的实体，克莱姆列夫是该协会的主席。
由于财务问题和组织问题，包括对腐败的担忧，国际奥委会在2019年暂停了国际羽联的资格。
美国广播公司新闻尚未独立证实ProPublica报道的细节。
这对夫妇后来承认，克里姆林宫给了他们一份“非常慷慨”的结婚礼物。不清楚他为什么为小特朗普的婚礼庆典支付部分费用。
“总统的儿子已经说过了他是非常接近布兰奇周二说：“我的朋友和他在婚礼的周末接受了一份礼物。当你说这个人是普京的朋友时，我不甚至知道如果那是不管是真是假。＂
“我没有有什么信息。我不我也不认识这个人，所以我不有关于它的任何信息，”布兰奇补充道。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的家人强烈否认知道克里姆林宫，因为国会山的民主党人发誓要进行调查。
周二，第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普与酝酿中的关于克里姆林宫的争议保持距离。
在提供给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中，第一夫人办公室表示，她没有参加婚礼或之后的庆祝活动，并补充说：“特朗普夫人没有，也从来没有与克里姆林宫先生发生过关系。特朗普夫人在组织婚礼活动中没有发挥任何作用，也没有参与财务规划的任何方面。”
总统周一表示，他本人并不认识克里姆林宫，俄罗斯人对他儿子婚礼“庆功宴”的贡献“没什么大不了的！”
特朗普在白宫分享的声明中说：“我不知道乌马尔是谁，从来没有听说过他，他没有为唐和贝蒂娜的婚礼付钱，婚礼在完全不同的地点和不同的日子举行。”
总统补充说他没有出席婚礼庆典。
总统的小儿子埃里克·特朗普也否认知道克里姆林宫的身份。
埃里克·特朗普的发言人在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普“与他没有任何商业关系，甚至不知道这个人是谁。”
安德森在最近的Instagram帖子中强调，他们的婚礼仪式“只有我们一家参加”，并表示克里姆林宫在他们的婚礼后举办了两场婚礼庆祝活动。
安德森在她的帖子中写道：“这是一个朋友送给我们的非常慷慨的结婚礼物，我们对此一直非常感激。”。
“不幸的是，如此个人和快乐的事情，仅仅因为某人是谁或他们来自哪里，就可以被重新塑造成政治或邪恶的东西，”安德森继续说道。
因此，对于任何决心不让事实妨碍好故事的人来说：没有阴谋，没有神秘，”安德森说，他补充说，周末庆祝活动最初计划是“与朋友一起度过一个有趣的周末”，但当计划“改变”时，他们决定在旅行前结婚，并作为新婚夫妇庆祝。
立法者和批评家对奢华的结婚礼物表示担忧。他们中的一些人警告说，接受外国对手的昂贵礼物可能会造成潜在的严重利益冲突，并可能对总统的家庭产生影响。
据国际拳击协会称，克里姆列夫最近被普京授予友谊勋章。
众议院监督委员会（House Oversight Committee）的资深民主党人周二致函小特朗普（Trump Jr ．）和白宫，寻求更多有关结婚礼物披露的信息，并要求小特朗普和白宫保留与该事件有关的记录。
“一名与弗拉基米尔·普京关系密切的俄罗斯寡头花费了数十万美元资助小唐纳德·特朗普的婚礼。令人费解的是，一位总统的儿子竟然会考虑让一位俄罗斯寡头资助他的婚礼。这就是特朗普总统不参加儿子婚礼的原因吗？监督民主党人正在调查，并要求立即回答，”众议员罗伯特加西亚写道。
加西亚在给小特朗普和白宫的信中说，接受与普京关系密切的人如此慷慨的礼物，引发了关于付费游戏计划和外国情报对总统家庭渗透的严重问题，并要求小特朗普保留所有与他和克里姆林宫关系有关的记录、文件和通信，包括与白宫有关融资或参加婚礼庆典的任何通信。
根据国家安全评估，俄罗斯政府和普京领导了协调一致的行动，干涉2016年和2020年的美国选举。
在给ProPublica的一份声明中，克里姆林宫的新闻办公室说，“克里姆林宫先生和小特朗普先生关系友好”，他们“几年前”第一次见面
声明称，“克里姆林宫从未与他的任何美国朋友和熟人讨论过政治问题。”它还说，当普京和克里姆林宫最近在中国时，克里姆林宫不属于普京的“官方代表团”
周二，在参议院举行的国会听证会上，美国联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）被问及ProPublica的报告，但在康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔（Richard Blumenthal）的质疑下，他声称自己没有读过这份报告。
布卢门撒尔问帕特尔，美国联邦调查局是否已经开始调查“潜在的情报妥协”，称克里姆林宫与普京有直接关系，并声称他的财政支持“似乎是为了讨好总统的家人”，可能涉及情报退化。＂
“我不确定你指的是什么公开报道，”帕特尔回答道。“因此，美国联邦调查局的男男女女将会做的是，就像我们在每一个案例中所做的那样，我们将调查我们所得到的任何信息，并对其进行分析。”
Blanche says investigation into Russian oligarch＇s wedding gift to Trump Jr． is unlikely
The nation＇s top law enforcement official appears unlikely to investigate a Russian oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin who allegedly paid thousands of dollars tobankroll festivities for Donald Trump Jr．＇s weddingto Bettina Anderson earlier this year， after the news sparked national security and counterintelligence concerns．
＂The presidentdoesn＇tknow who this person is． I think other members of the familydon＇tknow who this person is ．．． When you say am I investigating -- Am I investigating what？＂ Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Tuesday during a White House press briefing in the Rose Garden．
Donald Trump Jr． and his wife were married at Palm Beach， Florida， before departing for a wedding party on a private island in the Bahamas in late May and the oligarch --Umar Kremlev-- footed a large portion of the bill for the events later that weekend， according to records reviewed by nonprofit investigative outletProPublica， as well as three people familiar with the event who spoke with the outlet．
The payments included the cost of renting a private island and a fireworks display， ProPublica reported． Payments for the expenses reportedly came from an entity affiliated with the International Boxing Association， for which Kremlev serves as president．
The IBA was suspended by the International Olympic Committee in 2019 due to financial issues and organizational problems， including concerns about corruption．
ABC News has not independently confirmed the details of the ProPublica report．
The couple has since acknowledged that Kremlev gave them an ＂extraordinarily generous＂ wedding gift． It＇s not clear why he paid for parts of Trump Jr．＇s wedding celebration．
＂The president＇s son has said thathe＇sa very closefriend and that he accepted a gift the weekend of his wedding，＂ Blanche said Tuesday． ＂And when you say this person is a friend of Putin， Idon＇teven know ifthat＇strue or not．＂
＂I don＇thave any information． Idon＇tknow this person either， so Idon＇thave any information about it，＂ Blanche added．
Members of President Donald Trump＇s family forcefully denied knowledge of Kremlev as Democrats on Capitol Hill vowed to investigate．
First lady Melania Trump distanced herself from the brewing controversy involving Kremlev on Tuesday．
In a statement provided to ABC News， the first lady＇s office said she did not attend the wedding or the celebrations afterward， adding： ＂Mrs． Trump does not， and has never had， a relationship with Mr． Kremlev． Mrs． Trump played no role whatsoever in organizing the wedding event and was not privy to any aspect of its financial planning．＂
The president on Monday said he does not personally know Kremlev and that the Russian＇s contribution to his son＇s wedding ＂afterparty＂ was ＂Not a big deal！＂
＂I have no idea who Umar is， never heard of him， and he didn＇t pay for Don and Bettina＇s wedding， which took place at a totally different location， and on a different day from the wedding，＂ Trump said in the statement shared by the White House．
The president added that he was not present for the wedding celebrations．
The president＇s younger son， Eric Trump， also denied having knowledge about Kremlev＇s identity．
A spokesperson for Eric Trump told ABC News in a statement that Trump ＂does not have any business relationship with， nor does he even know who this person is．＂
In a recent Instagram post， Anderson stressed that their wedding ceremony was attended ＂ONLY by our family＂ and said Kremlev hosted two wedding celebrations after their wedding．
＂It was an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend， and something for which we were and remain incredibly grateful，＂ Anderson wrote in her post．
＂It＇s unfortunate that something so personal and happy can be recast as something political or sinister simply because of who someone is or where they come from，＂ Anderson continued．
＂So， for anyone determined not to let the facts get in the way of a good story：NO CONSPIRACY， NO MYSTERY，＂ said Anderson， who added that the weekend celebrations were initially planned to be a ＂fun weekend with friends，＂ but when plans ＂changed，＂ they decided to get married before the trip and celebrate as newlyweds．
Lawmakers and critics have expressed concern over the lavish wedding gift． Some of them warned that accepting expensive gifts from foreign adversaries could create potentially severe conflicts of interest and potential leverage over the president＇s family．
Kremlev was recently honored with the Order of Friendship by Putin， according to the International Boxing Association．
The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee sent letters Tuesday to Trump Jr． and the White House seeking more information about the wedding gift revelations and requested Trump Jr． and the White House preserve their records related to the event．
＂A Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin spent hundreds of thousands of dollars bankrolling Donald Trump Jr．＇s wedding． It＇s baffling that the son of a President would even think about allowing a Russian oligarch to bankroll his wedding． Is this why President Trump skipped his son＇s wedding？ Oversight Democrats are investigating and demanding answers immediately，＂ Rep． Robert Garcia wrote．
Garcia， in his letter to Trump Jr． and the White House， said accepting such a lavish gift from someone with close ties to Putin raises serious questions about pay-to-play schemes and foreign intelligence infiltration of the president＇s family， and requested that Trump Jr． preserve all records， documents and communications concerning his relationship to Kremlev， including any communications with the White House regarding financing or attendance at his wedding celebrations．
The Russian government and Putin have led coordinated campaigns to interfere in U．S． elections in both 2016 and 2020， according to national security assessments．
In a statement to ProPublica， Kremlev＇s press office said， ＂Mr． Kremlev and Mr． Trump Jr have a friendly relationship＂ and they first met ＂a couple of years ago．＂
The statement said， ＂Mr． Kremlev has never discussed political matters with any of his American friends and acquaintances．＂ It also said that when Putin and Kremlev were in China recently， Kremlev was not part of Putin＇s ＂official delegation．＂
FBI Director Kash Patel was questioned about the ProPublica report Tuesday during a congressional hearing before the Senate， but he claimed he had not read the report， under questioning from Sen． Richard Blumenthal， a democrat from Connecticut．
Blumenthal asked Patel whether the FBI had begun an investigation ＂of potential intelligence compromises，＂ saying Kremlev has direct ties to Putin， and claimed his financial support ＂would seem an effort to curry favor with the president＇s family＂ and may involve intelligence degradation．＂
＂I＇m not sure what public reporting you＇re referring to，＂ Patel replied． ＂And so， what the men and women of the FBI will do， as we do in every case， is we will look into whatever information comes our way and analyze it．＂
