US House lawmakers ask DOJ to investigate Trump's Memecoin dinner

according to cointelegraph, 35 members of the U.S. House of Representatives urged the Department of Justice to investigate the dinner hosted by Donald Trump for top memecoin investors on May 22, citing concerns about "foreign influence on U.S. policy decisions" and "potential corruption and violations of compensation terms."

In a letter to the Department of Justice, the members requested that Acting Director of the Public Integrity Section Edward Sullivan initiate an investigation into the dinner to determine whether it violated federal bribery laws or the foreign compensation provisions of the U.S. Constitution. According to Bloomberg, most of the attendees at the dinner were likely foreign nationals.

U.S. law prohibits foreign nationals from donating to U.S. political activities. The members stated that the promotion of the $TRUMP memecoin and the dinner promising exclusive access to the president opened the door for foreign governments to purchase influence over the president without disclosing their identities.