In an interview with Vanity Fair, Susie Wells, the White House chief of staff, said she had made a series of candid and sometimes critical comments about President Donald Trump's inner circle, including calling Musk an "openly self-confessed" "ketamine user". She also called Vice President Vance a "conspiracy theorist" and Office of Management and Budget director Vought a "far-right fanatic"...
In a July 31 report, prominent cryptocurrency skeptic Molly White claimed that Coinbase's donation to the Fairshake crypto super PAC while it was actively negotiating a contract with the federal government appeared to violate campaign finance laws. Paul Grewal, Coinbase's chief legal officer, called the allegations "misinformation" and said Coinbase was not a federal contractor and was therefore exempt from certain campaign finance regulations under the "literal language" clause of Code of Feder...
US senator and bitcoin sceptic Robert Menendez was formally convicted of taking gold and cash bribes, claiming in 2017 that bitcoin was "ideal for criminals".