Protestors accuse Trump of corruption as he hosts crypto dinner
Lily Jamali
Reporting fromSan Francisco
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has hosted top purchasers of the cryptocurrency that bears his name at a gala dinner, in an event that protesters and his Democrat opponents branded as “corrupt”.
$TRUMP was launched shortly before his inauguration in January, initially rocketing in value before falling sharply afterwards.
“It’s fundamentally corrupt – a way to buy access to the President,” Democrat senator Chris Murphy wrote on X.
Protesters gathered outside the event on Thursday night, which was held at a golf course near Washington DC, some carrying signs reading “stop crypto corruption” and “no kings.”
The White House has rejected the accusations, and in a video of the dinner posted on social…
