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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Peter Stone

Trump to host bash for crypto investors tied to his coin sales

Man in blue suit looks off to the side
Donald Trump is ‘abiding by all conflict-of-interest laws that are applicable to the president’. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Donald Trump is slated to star at a cryptocurrency bash on 25 April at his Mar-a-Lago club for scores of purchasers of his crypto memecoin $Trump that has enriched him while in office. The move is fueling renewed criticism from top Democrats and ethics watchdogs that he is using the presidency for financial gains in a break with ethical norms.

The Trump-linked Fight Fight Fight LLC has hyped the event as “THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CRYPTO & BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD”. It’s promising a luncheon with Trump as its keynote speaker, according to the memecoin’s official website and its social media account.

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