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Dick Durbin: “You issued an order dismantling DOJ's crypto enforcement…”

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

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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) opening statement at acting AG Blanche's confirmation hearing

Published | Video Starts at 09:52

And again, it has happened when it comes to the billion dollar windfall that went to the president in his first year in office. Shortly after you were confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, You issued an order dismantling DOJ's crypto enforcement team and shutting down ongoing criminal investigations of the crypto industry. At the time, you owned at least $159,000 worth of crypto related assets. While you eventually divested those assets didn't go far. You simply transferred them to your children and grandchild. (09:52–10:02)

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Asserts that the DOJ's crypto enforcement team was dismantled and investigations were shut down.

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