Following IG Response, Warren and Slotkin Press for Full Investigation into Extent of Donald Trump, Trump Family, and Senior Trump Administration Officials Cashing in on Foreign Crypto Deals
State Department Inspector General Refers Warren and Slotkin Request to Office of Investigations
Lawmaker’s request followed a New York Times exposé on connections between the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to advanced A.I. chips
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), pressed the State Department Office of Inspector General, Commerce Department Office of Inspector General, and U.S. Office of Government Ethics earlier this fall to conduct a full and robust investigation into potential conflicts of interest of David Sacks, President Trump’s White House AI and Crypto Czar, and Steve Witkoff, United States Special Envoy to the Middle East. The Senators released statements following the State Department IG’s response that it was referring theirrequest to the Office of Investigations for review:
“The Inspector General has a role to address this matter and conduct a review. The office owes Congress a full investigation into whether Trump Administration officials used their positions to cash in on foreign crypto deals,” said Ranking Member Warren. “As Congress considers crypto market structure legislation, we have a responsibility to prevent this kind of unbridled crypto corruption from happening again.”
“America's foreign policy decisions must be made solely on the basis of American national interest. The American people should never accept conflicts of interest, or even the perception of personal corruption in these matters. The Department of State's Office of Investigations must conduct a full investigation in this case, and make those findings public. The public deserves to know the motivations of senior officials making international deals in their name. Our national security should never be for sale,” said Senator Slotkin.
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