O governador da Califórnia, Gavin Newsom, acusou o presidente Donald Trump de instruir o Departamento de Justiça a abrir uma investigação política contra ele e sua esposa, alegando que Trump busca encontrar um crime em vez de investigar um existente.
John Bolton, ex-assessor de segurança nacional de Trump, deve se declarar culpado por reter documentos de defesa nacional. Uma audiência está marcada para 26 de junho.
President Trump appointed Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard. Pulte, lacking intelligence experience, will also continue his FHFA role. The move drew immediate condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured over $5 million from cryptocurrency platform Uphold for promoting CredEarn, a fraudulent investment product offered by Cred, LLC. Between January 2019 and October 2020, Uphold marketed CredEarn as a safe savings product with attractive interest payments without disclosing that returns came from microloans to low-income video game players in China with no credit histories. Uphold also falsely claimed the product had comprehensive insurance and operated without required broker registration. Cred filed for bankruptcy in November 2020 after accumulating losses from risky lending, leaving thousands of customers worldwide harmed.
New York's attorney general has filed lawsuits against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan for allegedly violating state gambling laws by operating unlicensed prediction markets. Attorney General Letitia James stated that gambling remains gambling regardless of terminology and is not exempt from state regulation. The lawsuits seek to recover illegal profits and restitution, and would bar the exchanges from offering such products to users under 21.
"Gemini and Coinbase’s so-called prediction markets are just illegal gambling operations," alleged New York AG Letitia James.
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini on Tuesday, alleging the crypto platforms violated state gambling laws by offering prediction markets. The state seeks $2.2 billion from Coinbase and $1.2 billion from Gemini, arguing the platforms allow users as young as 18 to gamble when the legal age is 21. Both companies claim their prediction markets are federally regulated event contracts, not gambling.
