Trump’s Memecoin Dinner Questioned by Top Democrat on House Judiciary Committee

A senior Democrat within the House of Representatives, Jamie Raskin, joined his title to lawmakers in search of solutions about President Donald Trump’s latest dinner for prime buyers in his memecoin, sending questions on to Trump.

Raskin, the rating Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has been a vocal critic of the president and turns into the newest of many from his celebration to probe particulars concerning the occasion, which they’ve known as out as proof of White House corruption. Because Raskin is within the minority celebration, his calls for are unlikely to result in additional congressional motion until they regain the House or Senate in subsequent yr’s elections.

“I write today to demand that you release the names of all the attendees at this dinner and provide information about the source of the money they each used to buy $TRUMP coins, so that we can prevent illegal foreign government emoluments from being pocketed without congressional consent,” Raskin wrote this week to the president, becoming a member of many counterparts within the Senate in in search of the knowledge, together with Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal.

“We deserve to know who is paying for access to our president, and what steps you took to ensure that the funds you receive are legitimate and legal, rather than the proceeds from foreign states or monarchs or illegal activities,” Rasking stated, particularly highlighting Tron founder Justin Sun, a visitor who was a serious early investor in Trump’s household crypto operations.

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