The cryptocurrency industry has a new line of attack against candidates who have voted for consumer protections on digital coins: calling them corrupt.
In at least two Illinois congressional primaries, candidates vying for the progressive vote are being accused by a crypto political action committee of corruption. Fairshake PAC is trying to smear one candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as a corporate tool and another candidate who successfully fought a federal indictment as a tax cheat.
“One of the most corrupt actors in the country is trying to appropriate an anti-corruption argument.”
The industry has thrown at least $3.3 million into negative attacks on the campaigns in the 2nd and 7th Congressional…
