{"id":28538,"date":"2025-05-26T04:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T04:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=28538"},"modified":"2025-05-26T04:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T04:16:37","slug":"top-us-politician-shrugs-off-trump-crypto-dinner-concerns-amid-calls-for-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=28538","title":{"rendered":"Top US politician shrugs off Trump crypto dinner concerns amid calls for probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US House Speaker Mike Johnson has brushed off corruption concerns surrounding President Donald Trump\u2019s dinner for the top holders of his memecoin and dodged answering whether the list of attendees should be released in the interest of transparency.<\/p>\n

Johnson told<\/a> CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on May 25 that he knew nothing about Trump\u2019s May 22 memecoin dinner<\/a> and opted not to share his opinion on the event, which 35 House Democrats have called for the Justice Department to investigate.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not know who was there. The list has not been released. We do not know how much of the money came from outside the country,\u201d Tapper told Johnson. \u201cI really have a difficult time imagining that if this was a Democratic president doing the exact same thing, you wouldn’t be outraged.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I don’t know anything about the dinner,\u201d Johnson answered, claiming he \u201cwas a little busy this past week,\u201d focusing on passing a $1.6 trillion federal budget funding bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not going to comment on something I haven’t even heard about. I’m not sure who was there or what the purpose was.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Johnson then claimed Trump<\/a> was \u201cthe most transparent president\u201d in history and \u201chas nothing to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper (left) speaking with House Speaker Mike Johnson (right). Source: <\/em>CNN<\/em><\/a>
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Democrats have called for the list of attendees of Trump\u2019s crypto dinner event to be released, as they suspect Trump may be accepting foreign investments in violation of federal bribery statutes or the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Under the emoluments clause, the US president is barred from accepting any gift from a foreign state without the approval of Congress.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg reported<\/a> on May 7 that a majority of the attendees at the memecoin dinner would likely be foreign nationals.<\/p>\n

Trump invited those who were among the top 220 largest holders of the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin to his event at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia.<\/p>\n

The most notable attendee was the Chinese-born Tron CEO Justin Sun, the largest holder of the TRUMP token and the biggest backer<\/a> of the Trumps\u2019 crypto platform World Liberty Financial.<\/p>\n

Sheldon Xia, the CEO of Cayman Islands-based crypto exchange<\/a> BitMart, posted pictures to X of himself at the event, while Australian crypto entrepreneur Kain Warwick told<\/a> The New York Times on May 12 that he would attend the event after stocking up on enough TRUMP to break into the top 25 investors on the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

In a separate May 22 press conference, several Democrats called<\/a> for the release of Trump\u2019s memecoin dinner list.<\/p>\n

One of those speaking was Senator Elizabeth Warren, a fierce crypto critic who called Trump\u2019s memecoin dinner an \u201corgy of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats call for Trump to cut crypto ties entirely<\/h2>\n

Several House Democrats, led by Maxine Waters, introduced <\/a>the “Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act” on May 22 to prevent Trump and his family from profiting off crypto while in office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump has used the \u201cpower of the presidency to shamelessly promote and profit\u201d from a series of crypto ventures,<\/a> Waters said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>Senators plan to amend GENIUS Act to address Trump family’s stablecoin<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Waters pointed to the TRUMP memecoin, which she claims has increased Trump\u2019s net worth by over $350 million, as well as his involvement in World Liberty Financial<\/a> and the platform\u2019s stablecoin, USD1.<\/p>\n

An additional 14 US lawmakers supported the bill, including Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez, Brad Sherman and Gregory Meeks.<\/p>\n

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