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Kenneth P. Vogel

@kenvogel
51 posts
2026-02-02
This huge @wsj scoop about a UAE government-linked company agreeing to invest $500m in the Trump family's crypto company makes the 1st term concerns about foreign officials staying in Trump's DC hotel seem quaint by comparison. 🎁🔗 https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-02-02 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Documents and sources: Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan backed a $500M investment for a 49% stake in WLF, four days before Trump's inauguration

$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips

2026-02-01
This huge @wsj scoop about a UAE government-linked company agreeing to invest $500m in the Trump family's crypto company makes the 1st term concerns about foreign officials staying in Trump's DC hotel seem quaint by comparison. 🎁🔗 https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-02-01 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Documents and sources: Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan backed a $500M investment for a 49% stake in WLF, four days before Trump's inauguration

$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips

2025-10-30
Tom Clare — the libel lawyer who has threatened media outlets on behalf of clients including the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, the Sackler family, Project Veritas & others — is now representing the Trump family's crypto company World Liberty Financial.
2025-10-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources detail how Binance boosted the Trump family's World Liberty Financial by facilitating a $2B purchase of USD1 and building its tech ahead of CZ's pardon

Giant crypto exchange facilitated $2 billion purchase of World Liberty's stablecoin and built its technology; clemency for Changpeng Zhao surprised some in administration

2025-08-10
NEW: Trump's team appears to be considering pardoning @cz_binance. He pleaded guilty in 2023 to money laundering violations that allowed terrorist groups to move $. Since then, @binance has done a $2B deal that benefited Trump's crypto firm. A pardon could allow more US deals. [image]
2025-08-10 View on X
New York Times

A look at Changpeng Zhao's efforts to get a pardon from Trump for his money-laundering charges, including via lobbying and a business deal with the Trump family

A sophisticated operation is pushing President Trump to forgive Changpeng Zhao, which would boost the chances for his company, Binance, to break into the U.S. market.

2025-06-03
The FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising & advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers on X & several conservative social media platforms, Kate Conger & Tiffany Hsu report. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
2025-06-03 View on X
New York Times

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers

Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC woul...

The @FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising & advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers on X & several conservative social media platforms, @kateconger & @tiffkhsu report. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-06-03 View on X
New York Times

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers

Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC woul...

2025-05-23
NEW: The FTC has opened an investigation into Media Matters.  —  It is the latest example of the Trump administration targeting the infrastructure of the political left. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/t...
2025-05-23 View on X
New York Times

Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023

we have weird fucking zealots steering the lobotomized husk of what used to be semi-coherent federal governance [embedded post] Ryan Mac / @rmac : So is the federal government just...

2025-05-16
Coinbase donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.  —  After he took office, the SEC dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing crypto to the public.  —  But the SEC is still investigating whether Coinbase misstated its user numbers, according to four people familiar with the situation.
2025-05-16 View on X
New York Times

Coinbase says it is working with the US SEC to close an investigation into whether it misstated its numbers by noting 100M+ “verified users” in its 2021 IPO doc

After he took office, the SEC dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing crypto to the public.  —  But the SEC is still investigating whether Coinbase misstated its...

.@Coinbase donated $1m to Trump's inauguration. After he took office, the SEC dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing crypto to the public. But the SEC is still investigating whether Coinbase misstated its user numbers, per 4 sources. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-05-16 View on X
New York Times

Coinbase says it is working with the US SEC to close an investigation into whether it misstated its numbers by noting 100M+ “verified users” in its 2021 IPO doc

After he took office, the SEC dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing crypto to the public.  —  But the SEC is still investigating whether Coinbase misstated its...

2025-05-14
NEW: A China-linked technology company has secured funding to buy as much as $300M in $TRUMP, the Trump memecoin that channels profits directly to the Trump family. GD Culture Group has noted that it might be influenced by demands from the Chinese gov't. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-05-14 View on X
New York Times

US SEC filing: GD Culture Group, a struggling China-linked company that has only eight staff, plans to buy $300M in BTC and $TRUMP, creating ethical conflicts

The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale …

2025-05-02
The transaction would be a major contribution by a foreign government to President Trump's private venture, potentially generating huge sums for the Trump & Witkoff families, while highlighting the ethical conflicts around Trump's crypto forays. @yaffebellany reports from Dubai.
2025-05-02 View on X
New York Times

President Trump's World Liberty Financial says Abu Dhabi's MGX fund is investing $2B in Binance using World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin, raising ethical concerns

A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president's son …

NEW: A fund backed by Abu Dhabi will be making a $2 BILLION business deal using digital coins from the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, according to an announcement Thursday in Dubai by Steve Witkoff's son Zach Witkoff. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-05-02 View on X
New York Times

President Trump's World Liberty Financial says Abu Dhabi's MGX fund is investing $2B in Binance using World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin, raising ethical concerns

A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president's son …

NEW: A fund backed by Abu Dhabi will be making a $2 BILLION business deal using cryptocurrency from the Trump family's venture, World Liberty Financial, according to Zach Witkoff.  —  That transaction would be a major contribution by a foreign government to President Trump's private venture.
2025-05-02 View on X
New York Times

President Trump's World Liberty Financial says Abu Dhabi's MGX fund is investing $2B in Binance using World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin, raising ethical concerns

A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president's son …

2023-02-24
An SBF political consultant asked NISHAD SINGH to make the contribution to @VictoryFund & told him, “in general, you being the center left face of our spending will mean you giving to a lot of woke shit for transactional purposes,” according to prosecutors https://www.documentcloud.org/ ...
2023-02-24 View on X
New York Times

In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers' funds

The Bahamas won't like that. https://twitter.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : NEW: SBF “selected CC-1” to give a straw donation of “at least $1M to a super PAC” that was “aff...

NEW: SBF “selected CC-1” to give a straw donation of “at least $1M to a super PAC” that was “affiliated with pro-LGBTQ issues,” & was supporting a US congressional candidate, according to prosecutors. This appears to be a reference to NISHAD SINGH's $1M donation to @VictoryFund. https://twitter.com/...
2023-02-24 View on X
New York Times

In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers' funds

The Bahamas won't like that. https://twitter.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : NEW: SBF “selected CC-1” to give a straw donation of “at least $1M to a super PAC” that was “aff...

.@VictoryFund spent $992k supporting @BeccaBalintVT's successful campaign to fill the congressional seat vacated by @PeterWelch, including airing direct mail & this ad. https://twitter.com/...
2023-02-24 View on X
New York Times

In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers' funds

The Bahamas won't like that. https://twitter.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : NEW: SBF “selected CC-1” to give a straw donation of “at least $1M to a super PAC” that was “aff...

2022-12-21
The scramble to offload @SBF_FTX's tainted money reaches the media world. @ProPublica will set aside $1.6M it received from his family foundation in preparation for possible transfer to a restitution fund, per staff memo obtained by @sarafischer at @Axios https://www.axios.com/...
2022-12-21 View on X
Axios

ProPublica plans to return the $1.6M the outlet received from SBF's family foundation, setting aside the money until authorities decide where it should be sent

2022-12-19
RYAN SALAME's girlfriend, @michellebond111, ran a crypto trade group that FTX helped launch. When Bond ran unsuccessfully for Congress, her campaign was boosted by $11.6k from @rsalame7926 & $1.3M in spending by a super PAC funded by another PAC that Salame helped create & fund. https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-19 View on X
New York Times

A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a central player in the FTX scandal after flagging fraud to regulators

only to put them, their employees and the local economy in jeopardy once FTX collapsed. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : RYAN SALAME's girlfriend, @michel...

2022-12-18
NEW: SDNY is seeking info about donations from FTX officials. Not only @SBF_FTX, but also @Nishad__Singh (who gave nearly $9.7M mostly to Dems) & @rsalame7926 (who gave $24M mostly to Republicans). Suggests more campaign finance charges could be coming. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2022-12-18 View on X
Reuters

Source: Sam Bankman-Fried plans to reverse his decision to contest extradition to the US; legal experts say any trial is likely more than a year away

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear in court in the Bahamas on Monday to reverse his decision to contest extradition …

Campaigns & PACs will be required to refund @FTX_Official-linked donations if they are later determined to have been illegal. That could seriously strain PACs that got big donations, since they likely spent most of their cash in the run-up to the midterms https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-18 View on X
Reuters

Source: Sam Bankman-Fried plans to reverse his decision to contest extradition to the US; legal experts say any trial is likely more than a year away

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear in court in the Bahamas on Monday to reverse his decision to contest extradition …