WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned witnesses at Senator Richard Blumenthal's (D-CT) and Senator Chris Van Hollen's (D-MD) spotlight forum that examined President Trump's corruption within the crypto industry. The forum, which featured testimony from a victim of a crypto-scam, a former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official, and anticorruption advocates, examined how the Trump Administration has slashed crypto regulations while President Trump raked in $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency and related businesses in 2025.
Durbin offered a brief opening statement, reprimandin...