{"id":129809,"date":"2025-05-22T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=129809"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:16:13","slug":"us-lawmaker-introduces-anti-corruption-bill-ahead-of-trumps-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=129809","title":{"rendered":"US lawmaker introduces anti-corruption bill ahead of Trump&#039;s dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsCalifornia Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the US House Financial Services Committee, has announced plans to introduce legislation \u201cto block [Donald] Trump\u2019s memecoin and stop his crypto corruption.\u201d<br \/>\nIn a May 22 notice, Rep. Waters said the Stop Trading, Retention, and Unfair Market Payoffs (TRUMP) in Crypto Act of 2025 bill would be aimed at blocking the US President, Vice President, members of Congress, and their families from engaging in \u201ccrypto crime.\u201d The US lawmaker referred to Trump and his wife, Melania, issuing personal memecoins in January, his family launching a stablecoin, USD1, through the crypto platform World Liberty Financial, and the president attempting to establish a national Bitcoin (BTC) reserve as his sons back a BTC mining venture.<br \/>\n\u201cDonald Trump is preparing to dine with the top donors of his memecoin who\u2019ve made him, and his family, richer,\u201d said Waters, adding:<br \/>\n\u201cTrump\u2019s crypto con is not just a scam to target investors. It\u2019s also a dangerous backdoor for selling influence over American policies to the highest foreign bidder.\u201d<br \/>\nHR 3573, Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters. Source: House Financial Services Committee DemocratsWaters\u2019 bill was one of many actions announced to oppose the president\u2019s dinner to reward memecoin holders. Senators Chris Murphy and Elizabeth Warren are expected to attend a press event with representatives for the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, and two Democratic organizations will protest at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, DC, where the memecoin dinner will be held.<br \/>\nThis is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/donald-trump-crypto-corruption-bill-memecoin-dinner?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsCalifornia Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the US House Financial Services Committee, has announced plans to introduce legislation \u201cto block [Donald] Trump\u2019s memecoin and stop his crypto&hellip; <\/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\/129809"}],"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=129809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}