美國國會民主黨人調查俄羅斯寡頭資助小唐納・川普婚禮派對一事

理查・柯恩與亞歷珊卓・烏爾默報導By Richard Cowan and Alexandra Ulmer

路透華盛頓 9 月 15 日電——美國國會民主黨人本週展開調查，針對有報導稱，一名俄羅斯寡頭今年稍早為總統唐納・川普兒子的婚禮慶祝活動支付數十萬美元。WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress launched an investigation this week into reports that a Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the wedding celebrations of President Donald Trump's son earlier this year.

民主黨人此舉，是在 ProPublica 刊出一篇文章後接續而來。該文稱，富有的俄羅斯商人、國際拳擊總會（International Boxing Association）主席烏馬爾・克列姆列夫（Umar Kremlev），出資支付小唐納・川普（Donald Trump Jr.）5 月在巴哈馬舉行婚禮慶祝活動的費用。The Democrats' move comes on the heels of an article by ProPublica that Umar Kremlev, a wealthy Russian businessman and president of the International Boxing Association, paid for wedding festivities for Donald Trump Jr. in the Bahamas in May.

報導稱，克列姆列夫與俄羅斯政府關係密切。The report said that Kremlev has close ties to the Russian government.

眾議員羅伯特・加西亞（Robert Garcia）週二在社群媒體發文寫道：「為什麼一名俄羅斯寡頭、也是佛拉迪米爾・普丁的朋友，要在財務上支持總統的兒子？烏馬爾・克列姆列夫資助這場在巴哈馬舉行、為期三天的婚禮，期望獲得什麼回報？」"Why is a Russian oligarch and friend of Vladimir Putin financially supporting the President's son? What does Umar Kremlev expect in return for funding this three-day wedding in the Bahamas?" Representative Robert Garcia wrote on Tuesday in a social media post.

加西亞是眾議院監督與政府改革委員會（House Oversight and Government Reform Committee）的民主黨首席議員；若民主黨在 11 月期中選舉贏得眾議院多數席次，預料他將擔任該委員會主席。Garcia is the senior Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and is expected to chair the panel if Democrats win a majority in the House of Representatives in November's midterm elections.

小唐納的代表拒絕回應。A representative for Don Jr declined to comment.

他的妻子貝蒂娜・川普（Bettina Trump）週一在 Instagram 發文表示，克列姆列夫是一位朋友，送上一份「格外慷慨的結婚禮物」；她並強調，克列姆列夫支付的是兩場續攤派對的費用，不是婚禮本身。His wife, Bettina Trump, said in an Instagram post on Monday that Kremlev was a friend who had extended an "extraordinarily generous wedding gift," stressing that Kremlev had paid for two after-parties, not the wedding itself.

克列姆列夫與國際拳擊總會週二未回應採訪請求。Kremlev and the IBA did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

並未出席兒子婚禮的總統在聲明中表示，他不認識克列姆列夫，並稱這場婚禮爭議「沒什麼大不了！」The president, who did not attend his son's wedding, said in a statement that he did not know Kremlev and that the wedding controversy was "not a big deal!"

擔任該委員會主席的肯塔基州共和黨眾議員詹姆斯・康默（James Comer），其幕僚未立即回應採訪請求。Aides to Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky, who chairs the committee, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

自總統第二任期於 2025 年 1 月開始以來，圍繞川普、其家族以及道德操守問題已引發多項疑慮；加西亞與其他眾議院民主黨高層早已準備展開相關調查。Garcia and other leading House Democrats already have been gearing up for probes into Trump, his family and ethics questions that have arisen since the start of the president's second term in January 2025.

紐約州聯邦參議院民主黨領袖查克・舒默（Chuck Schumer）週二稱這項婚禮安排「如此腐敗、如此貪婪，還如此危及我們的國家安全」。Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York on Tuesday called the wedding arrangement "so corrupt, so venal, so endangering our national security."

舒默在參議院發表演說時補充說：「你打交道的是一名俄羅斯寡頭，不只是送你禮物的表親……有時候，一份結婚禮物就是來自外國獨裁者的賄賂。」In a speech to the Senate, Schumer added, "You’re dealing with a Russian oligarch, not just a cousin who’s giving you a gift…sometimes a wedding gift is a bribe from a foreign autocrat."

（理查・柯恩與亞歷珊卓・烏爾默報導；南迪塔・博斯補充報導；麥可・李爾蒙斯與辛西亞・奧斯特曼編輯）(Reporting by Richard Cowan and Alexandra Ulmer; additional reporting by Nandita Bose; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Cynthia Osterman)