UmSenator ongumRepublican ucele ukuba kwenziwe uphando malunga nokuphathwa kwezemali kwentsapho yakwaTrump phambi konyulo oluphakathi eU.S., kuquka isaziso sokumanyelwa (subpoena) uDonald Trump Jr. ukuba anike ubungqina, ngendlela ephambuka kakhulu kwisikhundla somongameli. NgokukaSina Finance, uSenator waseUtah uJohn Curtis utyhola uDonald Trump Jr. ngokuvumela i-oligarch yaseRashiya enobudlelwane obusondeleyo nobunkokeli baseRashiya ukuba incede ukuxhasa umcimbi wakhe womtshato.

UProPublica ixele kuqala ukuba i-oligarch, egama linguUmar Kremlev, ikhava amawaka eedola angamakhulu amabini kwiindleko, kuquka irenti yesiqithi sabucala eCaribbean. UCurtis ubhale kwinethiwekhi zentlalo ngoLwesibini kusasa ukuba itossta yisipho somtshato, kodwa itheko lesiqithi sabucala elihlawulwe yioligarch esondele kuVladimir Putin yinto eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo.