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Brad Lander: “You testify before Congress in the movie, and you call it…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Exposing the Greed & Grift of Crypto

Published | Video Starts at 00:25

Right? It's the Trump family and all of their associates. But it's also, you know, the crypto exchange owners, you know, some of whom have gone to jail. You testify before Congress in the movie, and you call it the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Yeah, yeah, I testified in 2022, and after I did that, the chairman of the committee, Sherrod Brown, the crypto lobby spent $40 million. $40 million defeating him. (00:25–00:32)

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Asserts that [Ben McKenzie] testified before Congress and called cryptocurrency the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.

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