{"id":156952,"date":"2026-09-03T02:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156952"},"modified":"2026-09-03T02:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:18:45","slug":"china-rivalry-no-excuse-us-democrats-allege-corruption-in-trumps-mining-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156952","title":{"rendered":"China rivalry \u2018no excuse\u2019: US Democrats allege corruption in Trump\u2019s mining deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday accused the Donald Trump administration of using the critical minerals contest with China as an excuse for corruption \u2013 alleging billions of dollars in deals were enriching the president\u2019s family and friends.<br \/>\n\u201cCompetition with China is no excuse for abandoning safeguards that prevent taxpayer funds from being misused for private enrichment,\u201d said Linda Sanchez, the Democratic lawmaker from California, at a Ways and Means Committee hearing titled \u201cStrategic&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3366169\/china-rivalry-no-excuse-us-democrats-allege-corruption-trumps-mining-deals?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday accused the Donald Trump administration of using the critical minerals contest with China as an excuse for corruption \u2013&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156952"}],"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=156952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}