Letter from Sens. Durbin, Hirono, and Warren to the Deputy Attorney General on cryptocurrency enforcement — Trump Conflict Ledger

Link: https://www.hirono.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_dag_re_cryptocurrency_enforcement.pdf
Publication date: 2025-04-10
Accessed: 2026-07-21
Last verified: 2026-07-21
Type: congressional_letter
Authors: Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Notes: Objects to the NCET disbandment; the senators' characterizations are theirs.

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Reported Regulatory 2025-04-07

The DOJ disbanded its national crypto enforcement team; the deputy attorney general who signed the memo disclosed personal crypto holdings

The April 7, 2025 Blanche memo said DOJ 'is not a digital assets regulator'; his OGE disclosure lists $159,000–$485,000 in crypto-related assets.

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2025-04-07 DOJ disbands the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team