Company run by Eric Trump has ties to Russian Ambassador
If anyone in Donald Trump’s inner circle doesn’t have ties to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, now might be a good time for them to raise their hand. Most of Trump’s top campaign advisers secretly met with Kislyak during the election and then lied about it. Trump’s son-in-law secretly met with Kislyak during the transition period and lied about it. Now it turns out Trump’s son Eric has ties to Kislyak as well.
The connection between Trump Winery and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was uncovered by political insider Scott Dworkin, who was able to document that the winery sponsored an event honoring Kislyak (link). Notably, another sponsor was the same Russian bank that went on to meet with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, shortly after Kushner met with Kislyak. But as the New York Times has pointed out (link), Trump Winery isn’t run by Donald Trump; it’s run by his son Eric Trump.
So now we have a situation where even Donald Trump’s own son has some sort of ties to the Russian Ambassador. And considering that it’s unlikely this sponsorship just randomly happened without any context, this may point to additional ties between Eric Trump’s winery and the Russian government – a matter which we’re now investigating.
This comes amid the news that Donald Trump stole a signifiant amount of money from Eric Trump’s charity for kids with cancer (link), meaning this week might be an awkward one at the Trump dinner table.
