Dick Durbin said "Shortly after you were confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, you issued an order dismantling DOJ’s crypto enforcement team and shutting down ongoing criminal investigations of the crypto industry. At the time, you owned at least $159,000 worth of crypto-related assets. While you eventually divested, those assets didn’t go far. You simply transferred them to your children and grandchild. With the cryptocurrency enforcement unit out of the way, President Trump brought in $1.4 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency businesses in 2025 alone." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 17, 2026

Shortly after you were confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, you issued an order dismantling DOJ’s crypto enforcement team and shutting down ongoing criminal investigations of the crypto industry. At the time, you owned at least $159,000 worth of crypto-related assets. While you eventually divested, those assets didn’t go far. You simply transferred them to your children and grandchild. With the cryptocurrency enforcement unit out of the way, President Trump brought in $1.4 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency businesses in 2025 alone.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

Source

durbin.senate.gov

Editor's note · Context

Opening statement in Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

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