{"id":17663,"date":"2026-09-23T08:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T00:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T00:48:59","slug":"two-republicans-back-gop-senators-call-for-trump-jr-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663","title":{"rendered":"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png 447w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two GOP senators on Tuesday offered support for Sen. John Curtis\u2019s (R-Utah) surprise call earlier in the day for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the president\u2019s son over his business dealings and gifts he received from a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis in a letter to leaders of the panel cited Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s \u201clavish wedding afterparty\u201d on \u201ca private island\u201d that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev paid for, according to a report published last week by ProPublica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Utah senator noted that Kremlev, the head of the controversial International Boxing Association, \u201creportedly traveled to China as part of delegations accompanying [Russian President] Vladimir Putin shortly before giving\u201d hundreds of thousands of dollars to finance the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis called on the Judiciary Committee to subpoena Trump Jr. as well as another presidential son, Hunter Biden, over his relationships with foreign interests, including any financial benefit he may have gained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a major development late Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, said he would support the panel investigating Trump Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m with Sen. Curtis,\u201d Cornyn said after a GOP leadership meeting. \u201cI would support Sen. Curtis\u2019s request.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), another member of the committee, said Trump Jr.\u2019s acceptance of such generous gifts from a Russian oligarch raised serious questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he would \u201chave no problem\u201d with the Judiciary Committee investigating the matter after the election but declined to say whether he would support a subpoena of Trump Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter the election, if everybody\u2019s still interested in it, then let\u2019s do it,\u201d Tillis said. \u201cIf I were Donald Trump Jr., I\u2019d be offering this up immediately. Just lay it out there. How on earth did this happen? Because on its face, it looks pretty dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the House flips next year, you know there\u2019s going to be an investigation one way or the other,\u201d he added, referring to Democrats possibly seizing the House majority in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis made news with his request given Democratic efforts to make \u201ccorruption\u201d an issue in the election. They had struggled to find Republican voices to join them in condemning the Trump family\u2019s controversial dealings but that changed on Tuesday with the Utah Republican\u2019s call for a probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuestions have arisen about the relationships of President Trump\u2019s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., with foreign business figures and the acceptance of significant gifts,\u201d Curtis wrote in a letter to Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chair of the Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the committee\u2019s ranking member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Republican leaders were scrambling for a response to reporters on Tuesday, with key figures including Grassley and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) saying they didn\u2019t know enough about the matter to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grassley told The Hill Tuesday afternoon that he hadn\u2019t read Curtis\u2019s letter and was juggling a request to hold committee hearings on the practices of social media companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senior Iowa Republican bristled at any suggestion that an investigation might be more focused on Trump Jr. than Hunter Biden. And he said there are other demands for the committee\u2019s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve got people that are concerned about not having a hearing on social media companies, and I got people coming in today to ask me that. That\u2019s one of the problems I\u2019m dealing with,\u201d Grassley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornyn, however, suggested that Grassley may move forward with the issue after he conducts \u201cdue diligence\u201d on reports of Trump Jr.\u2019s acceptance of lavish gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the chairman got a letter. \u2026 I think he wants to do his due diligence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thune said he would let Grassley handle Curtis\u2019s call to subpoena Trump Jr. and declined to comment on the optics of the president\u2019s son accepting the gifts from Kremlev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t have enough information about it,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t really have any observations, further observations about it, but obviously that\u2019s a decision Chairman Grassley would have to make.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Biden\u2019s son weighed in Tuesday afternoon by offering to testify alongside Trump Jr. \u201cany time, any place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSen. Curtis of Utah has suggested that Don Jr. and I should testify before Congress. I say bring it on,\u201d Hunter Biden wrote on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durbin, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, immediately embraced Curtis\u2019s call to investigate Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden, though he noted that the former president\u2019s son has already given a sworn deposition to Congress about his past business dealings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the committee to ignore this matter is to run the risk of being complicit in a cover-up. I will join in supporting Sen. Curtis\u2019s request of the Senate Judiciary Committee,\u201d Durbin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis expressed his disgust last week over ProPublica\u2019s reporting that Kremlev paid to rent one of the private islands where Trump Jr. and his new wife Bettina held a lavish three-day wedding afterparty in the Bahamas and also footed the bill for a fireworks show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis said the gifts smacked of \u201ccorruption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who is retiring at the end of this term, said the expensive gifts look \u201creally bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnytime someone gives you a $250,000 gift and they have strong ties to the Kremlin, that\u2019s wrong,\u201d Cassidy told CBS News\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation\u201d Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that Trump Jr.\u2019s proximity to the Russian president created terrible political optics for the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thune on Tuesday, however, declined to say whether he agreed with the view that \u201cthe appearance\u201d of a Russian businessman tied to Putin giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to the president\u2019s son looks \u201cbad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t have enough information yet to know exactly what all the details and fact are. I understand there has been a request to get some of that information,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChairman Grassley and the relevant committee would have to make some determination about that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two GOP senators on Tuesday offered support for Sen. John Curtis\u2019s (R-Utah) surprise call earlier in the day for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the president\u2019s son over his business dealings and gifts he received from a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin. Curtis in a letter to leaders of the panel cited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-17663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe - LISTEN WORLD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe - LISTEN WORLD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two GOP senators on Tuesday offered support for Sen. John Curtis\u2019s (R-Utah) surprise call earlier in the day for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the president\u2019s son over his business dealings and gifts he received from a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin. Curtis in a letter to leaders of the panel cited [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LISTEN WORLD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-23T00:48:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-23T00:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"297\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Susan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/\",\"name\":\"LISTEN WORLD\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png\",\"width\":447,\"height\":297},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663\",\"name\":\"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe - LISTEN WORLD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-23T00:48:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-23T00:48:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/498ae6e9ab176e1d69d1e7eca8de7977\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u9996\u9875\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/498ae6e9ab176e1d69d1e7eca8de7977\",\"name\":\"Susan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b524a019e7b5d16b90d0eee2bd96558a7a5ffc499732f852410f53bc0a7e251?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b524a019e7b5d16b90d0eee2bd96558a7a5ffc499732f852410f53bc0a7e251?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Susan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?author=7\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe - LISTEN WORLD","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe - LISTEN WORLD","og_description":"Two GOP senators on Tuesday offered support for Sen. John Curtis\u2019s (R-Utah) surprise call earlier in the day for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the president\u2019s son over his business dealings and gifts he received from a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin. Curtis in a letter to leaders of the panel cited [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663","og_site_name":"LISTEN WORLD","article_published_time":"2026-09-23T00:48:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-23T00:48:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":447,"height":297,"url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Susan","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/","name":"LISTEN WORLD","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/152.png","width":447,"height":297},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#webpage","url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663","name":"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe - LISTEN WORLD","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2026-09-23T00:48:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-23T00:48:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/498ae6e9ab176e1d69d1e7eca8de7977"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17663#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u9996\u9875","item":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two Republicans back GOP senator\u2019s call for Trump Jr. probe"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/498ae6e9ab176e1d69d1e7eca8de7977","name":"Susan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b524a019e7b5d16b90d0eee2bd96558a7a5ffc499732f852410f53bc0a7e251?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b524a019e7b5d16b90d0eee2bd96558a7a5ffc499732f852410f53bc0a7e251?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Susan"},"url":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?author=7"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17665,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17663\/revisions\/17665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}