Trump Jr. Balks at Failed Supoena Attempt: ‘Who’s the Criminal?’

March 27, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC

Donald Trump Jr.on Friday condemned an effort by Congressional Democrats to subpoena him over a US rare-earth mineral company that his venture fund backed.

“Because we saw the critical importance of it, because it’s so limited in America, we had the guts to fund that — they want to go after me?” Trump Jr. said at a conference in Miami. “Not the people who basically spent 50 years making us dependent on China? I mean, who’s the criminal here?”

Donald Trump Jr.
Photographer: Suhaimi Abdullah/Bloomberg

House Democrats this week had sought to compel Trump Jr. to testify about his company’s investment in Vulcan Elements ...



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