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Dick Durbin: “The divestment was he transferred 150,000 worth of crypto…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Sounds Alarm On President Trump's Crypto Cash Grab

Published | Video Starts at 02:37

I know that he divested, but I know that before he divested, he actually was participating in a policy that limited the scope of the criminal investigations that they would be. And the divestment, for the record, The divestment was he transferred 150,000 worth of crypto investments to his children and then proceeded to decimate the Department of Justice effort to regulate this particular industry. So some of us have serious questions about whether this man could possibly be a straight player when it comes to the attorney general. (02:37–02:55)

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Asserts that Mr. Blanche transferred crypto investments to his children and undermined DOJ's regulatory efforts.

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