Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsUS President Donald Trump\u2019s second ex-wife, Marla Maples, has shown support for ending the country\u2019s case against early Bitcoin advocate Roger Ver, known as \u201cBitcoin Jesus.\u201d
\n\u201cSharing more re [regarding] the call to dismiss the prosecution against Roger Ver,\u201d Maples said in a March 16 X post, sharing a video created by an organization aimed at supporting Ver and tagging Trump, Elon Musk and US Attorney General Pam Bondi.
\nThe Department of Justice charged Ver with mail fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns in April 2024, alleging he hid the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) he owned when he renounced his US citizenship in 2014 and defrauded the Internal Revenue Service out of $48 million by failing to report the gains he made through selling them.<\/p>\n
Sharing more re the call to dismiss the prosecution against Roger Ver @PamBondi @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump @Davewarrington https:\/\/t.co\/BckQwEXBW6\u2014 marla maples (@itsmarlamaples) March 16, 2025<\/p>\n
Maples and Trump met in the mid-1980s during his first marriage to Ivana Trump, and was his second wife from 1993 until 1999. She has long been involved with philanthropy and has advocated for multiple charities and causes. Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsUS President Donald Trump\u2019s second ex-wife, Marla Maples, has shown support for ending the country\u2019s case against early Bitcoin advocate Roger Ver, known as \u201cBitcoin Jesus.\u201d \u201cSharing more… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125208"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShe is seemingly still close to and supportive of Trump, who together have a daughter, Tiffany Trump. Maples attended Trump\u2019s inauguration and told the London Evening Standard in July that she was \u201copen to whatever way that I can serve\u201d the then-presidential bidder.
\nMaples joins a host of high-profile figures calling to stop the prosecution of Ver, which includes Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and online black market Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, who was facing a double life sentence in prison until Trump pardoned him in January.
\nVer has appealed to Trump for a pardon, claiming he is being unfairly persecuted and is a victim of \u201clawfare.\u201d
\nNeither Trump nor the White House has publicly acknowledged Ver\u2019s plea, but Trump\u2019s cost-cutting czar Musk said in a January X post that Ver \u201cgave up his US citizenship. No pardon for Ver. Membership has its privileges.\u201d
\nRelated: Roger Ver\u2019s Trump pardon plea: \u2018Lawfare\u2019 victim or tax evader?\u00a0
\nVer was arrested in Spain at the time of the US indictment pending his extradition to the US but was later granted bail on the condition he remain in the country.
\nHe moved to dismiss the government\u2019s case in December, arguing the charges were unconstitutional, and the IRS\u2019 \u201cexit tax\u201d for renounced citizens is \u201cinscrutably vague\u201d when applied to crypto.
\nCointelegraph has contacted Maples for comment.
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