Democratic senator Jon Ossoff has called for President Donald Trump’s accusation and has expressed concern about a planned private dinner for Top Trump Memecoin holders.
Speaking in a town hall near Atlanta on Friday, Ossoff said Trump’s decision to give exclusive access to top investors in his personal cryptocurrency was a clear case of “sales access” to the presidency.
“I mean, I only saw 48 hours ago, he grants the audience to people who buy his meme -mint […] There is no doubt that it rises to the level of a crime accused, “said the senator.
Ossoff, who is re -elected this year for re -election in Georgia, has been a consistent critic of the office of Trump. He previously voted to condemn Trump during the second accusation process of the former president in 2021, although he was not yet the first in the congress.
The newest controversy focuses on an event that was announced last week, where the top 220 holders of Trump’s personal memecoin, Trump, are invited to a private dinner at Trump National Golf Club in Washington, DC
The meeting is planned for May 22 and also promises a VIP reception for the top 25 portfolios. The official Trump Memecoin website is currently showing a leaderboard -tracking eligible portfolios.
The laws and ethical experts have expressed concern that offering presidential access in exchange for cryptocurrency investments could violate the federal ethical rules.
Separately, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff called for a formal ethical study, encouraging the American office of government ethics to review Trump’s involvement in the Memecoin Dinner event.
In a letter sent on the same day, they warned that the sale of exclusive access to the president in connection with a personal financially active ethical laws, bribery statutes and the emoluments clause of the US Constitution could violate.
“The American people deserve the non -repellent certainty that access to the presidency is not offered for sale to the highest bidder,” Warren and Schiff wrote and describe the situation as a “serious” threat to public trust.
As previously reported by crypto.news, Trump collected more than 70% after the news broke out that the president offered a private dinner to top holders of Memecoin. In their letter, the senators said that such actions express their concern that the president can ‘pay himself’ to ‘play corruption’.
“This new schedule is a demonstration of the constant and relevant efforts of President Trump to use his own name and parable as president, as well as that of his family and the presidential office, for personal financial gain,” they added.
From April 28, the Trump Leaderboard will show that founder Justin Sun is in the first place after registering his HTX -cold storage wallet for the exclusive dinner. According to Blockchain data, Sun’s Wallet currently has around $ 18.91 million in Trump tokens.
Other top portfolios are a linked to Memecore, a project known for the development of meme-oriented crypto-assets, mentioned as Meco, and another registered under Wintermute, an important algorithmic trading company, mentioned as a case.
In related news, the team behind the official Trump Memecoin recently Exploring rumors That investors have to keep at least $ 300,000 to Trump to qualify for the dinner event.
