“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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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
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Opening statement in Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

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