Wednesday, September 23, 2026
A Republican senator wants Trump Jr. under oath
Utah Republican John Curtis asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden. ProPublica reported that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Trump Jr.’s wedding party in the Bahamas. Trump Jr. calls it a gift from a friend. Curtis wrote: “A toaster is a wedding gift.”
The president’s son got married, and a very rich man from Russia paid for a lot of the party, even the island it was on. A senator named John Curtis says a toaster is a wedding present and an island is something else. He wants to ask the son about it out loud, in front of everyone. Nobody is in trouble. Asking is the senator’s job.
Why it worksA five-year-old reasons from what is in front of them, so the script puts a toaster next to an island and lets the size gap do the work. The subpoena and the oligarch stay out; a senator asking out loud is a grown-up they can picture. Expect “did he do something bad?” Nobody knows yet, and asking is how they find out.
- “Did the president’s son do something bad?”
- Nobody knows yet. The senator wants to ask him in front of everyone, and that is how they find out.
Also written for and .
In 2023, Republicans put Hunter Biden under oath about money from other countries. Now a Russian oligarch paid for much of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding party. Sen. John Curtis, a Republican, says the rule runs both ways: subpoena both sons. A referee who calls fouls on one team is no referee.
Why it worksThis age is working out whether adults apply a rule evenly, and the letter is that test in one line: Republicans subpoenaed Biden’s son, so Curtis says they must subpoena Trump’s. The referee who calls it both ways is the mechanism. Expect “will they make him come?” Not yet. Two senators run the committee, and it is their call.
- “What’s a subpoena?”
- An order to show up and answer questions.
- “Will they really make him come?”
- Not yet. The two senators who run the committee decide.
Also written for and .
Is a wedding gift still a gift when your father is president? Curtis says a toaster is a gift and an island party from a Putin-connected oligarch is not. Trump Jr. says it was a present from a friend; his father says it will be repaid. If it’s paid back, is it settled, or does the offer itself tell you something?
Why it worksA teenager can hold two true things at once: a present from a friend is normal, and a president’s son is never only a friend. Repayment is the live edge, so the script asks whether paying it back settles it. Expect “why drag Hunter Biden back in?” Curtis says both sons get the same oversight, and “trust us” was not enough the first time.
- “Isn’t a wedding gift just a gift?”
- Curtis says a toaster is. An island party from an oligarch is something else.
- “Why drag Hunter Biden back in?”
- Republicans subpoenaed him in 2023. Curtis says “trust us” wasn’t enough then and isn’t now.
Also written for and .
Based on the headline: A Republican senator wants Trump Jr. under oath