Brian Quintenz, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has made public several text messages he had with Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. The move hints at the twins' possible attempts to interfere with his nomination to the agency.
In an X post on Wednesday, Mr. Quintz said he had made the text messages public out of concern that Mr. Trump "may have been misled" by the Gemini co-founder. The text messages showed that Taylor Winklevoss had sent Mr. Quintz a reference to Gemini's civil case with the CFTC, which was settled in January with a $5 million fine.
"The CFTC has so completely abused its deliberative process privilege and so many other abuses that we cannot even fairly defend ourselves in court," Mr. Winklevoss wrote in a text message to Mr. Quintz on July 25.
According to the future CFTC chairperson, the brothers are seeking assurances to avoid what they call the agency's "lawfare trophy hunting," which he says he is unwilling to provide.
U.S. CFTC chairperson nominee Brian Quintenz says the Winklevoss brothers tried to interfere in the confirmation process
2025-09-11 00:15:50
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