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WSJ:
"The president has also privately complained to aides that his son Donald Trump Jr. exhibited bad judgment for allowing Russian businessman Umar Kremlev to pay for his post-wedding party in the Bahamas."
wsj.com/politics/elections/m…
Justin Elliott retweeted
New: In early 2025, the FBI embarked on a major bribery investigation involving some of the most powerful men in Washington: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Jim Clyburn, and Rep. Joe Wilson. Then Trump purged the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry out the investigation. It’s dead. 🧵
Justin Elliott retweeted
*whispers* remember the @propublica reporting about Putin-allied Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev funding Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding?
that's a sports story, too.
new @pablofindsout with @katienolan and @CruzKayne: youtu.be/E5F9NuLxZfw?si=NK1V…
Justin Elliott retweeted
NEW: I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards.
Spoiler Alert: They invited me into the VIP program after just one week. Here’s how I yeeted $20K+ ripping riskier and risker bets 🧵
Justin Elliott retweeted
Sen. Susan Collins has been on the defense since our @propublica story about the FBI anti-corruption probe. And there are things she's said that are outright false. propublica.org/article/debun…
Still no comment from Don Jr's camp on whether this money has been paid back, as President Trump claimed
Justin Elliott retweeted
BREAKING NEWS: Utah GOP Sen. JOHN CURTIS is asking the Senate Judiciary to investigate Donald Trump Jr over a report that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for his wedding celebration.
punchbowl.news/09-21-2026-cu…
Justin Elliott retweeted
Exclusive: In late 2024, FBI agents were looking at Sen. Susan Collins’ role in a massive illegal bribery scheme alleged by a former federal contractor. Then Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry on the investigation – it’s dead. 🧵
Justin Elliott retweeted
New podcast episode just dropped! Don Jr.’s Secret Wedding Guest propublica.org/podcast/donal…
Justin Elliott retweeted
Scoop: Top House Democrat launches investigation into Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding axios.com/2026/09/15/donald-…
New story:
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin
w/ @BrettMmurphy @js_kaplan @Amierjeski
for the record, this is how Bettina's wedding planner described the three-day wedding:
hellomagazine.com/brides/914…
Justin Elliott retweeted
Scoop: 4 anonymous accounts that perfectly correspond w/ Trump & sons’ holdings have taken first step to enable offloading of family’s own crypto, records show
Could be worth billions of dollars
Meanwhile, retail investors have lost +$1B
washingtonsun.com/donald-tru…
Justin Elliott retweeted
NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin.
A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: propublica.org/article/donal…
Justin Elliott retweeted
NEW: Flaming robots. Haywire Turkish machines. An actual dumpster fire.
General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell.
ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: propublica.org/article/gener…
Justin Elliott retweeted
A few weeks ago, after two years of work, I published a story unlike any I’d encountered in my 18 years at ProPublica. I’ve been off social media for a while, but I felt compelled to come back to share some of my reporting journey here. 🧵
Justin Elliott retweeted
NEW: We got a private SpaceX investor list, from way before the IPO.
It's a rare window into a delicate issue for Musk: which investors in countries like China got stakes in SpaceX, and how.
One investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
propublica.org/article/space…
