Donald Trump Jr and Bettina Trump say Putin ally paid for some wedding festivities as a 'gift'

Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Bettina Trump, confirmed that their May wedding was paid for in part by an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.A post on her Instagram account - attributed to the couple - said that two nights of their three-day wedding festivities on a private island in the Bahamas were partially funded by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin.The statement was released Monday after investigative journalism outlet ProPublica published a story detailing that Kremlev paid "hundreds of thousands of dollars" for the celebration.Donald Trump Jr., one of the US president's sons, is a private citizen, so it's not illegal for him to accept gifts from a foreign national."Our dear friend Umar very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations for us AFTER our wedding. It was an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend, and something for which we were and remain incredibly grateful," the couple said in the statement.But ethics watchdog groups said it still presented the appearance of a conflict of interest for the president's son to accept lavish gifts from someone associated with a foreign head of state - even if he is not a US governmen...