{"id":40871,"date":"2026-04-24T05:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/40871\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:07:10","slug":"bernie-sanders-blasts-trump-familys-unprecedented-kleptocracy-as-crypto-tops-list-of-deals-made-4-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/40871\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump Family&#8217;s &#8216;Unprecedented Kleptocracy&#8217; As Crypto Tops List Of Deals: &#8216;Made $4 B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sharply criticized the Trump family\u2019s reported profiteering from cryptocurrency and other deals on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders Spotlights Old Report On Trump Family\u2019s Deals<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Sanders denounced these deals as \u201cunprecedented kleptocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">The White House didn\u2019t immediately return Benzinga\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Crypto Effect?<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">The January article reported that the Trumps\u2019 cryptocurrency gains surged by $646 million to $3.013 billion, boosting their total gains to $4.05 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism Mounts<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Beyond Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has sharply criticized the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency ventures, labeling them a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49632494\/elizabeth-warren-attacks-trumps-superhighway-of-corruption-recapping-her-most-brutal-crypto-takedowns-in-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">superhighway of crypto corruption.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Last year, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49433092\/elizabeth-warren-demands-investigation-into-improper-political-influence-by-trump-ties-to-world-liberty-financial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pressed<\/a>\u00a0Treasury Secretary\u00a0Scott Bessent to open a federal investigation into Trump\u2019s crypto-related activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Price Action: At the time of writing, WLFI, World Liberty Financial\u2019s governance token,  was exchanging hands at $0.07739, up 0.87% in the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro. The TRUMP memecoin traded up 0.19% at $2.84 at last check. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">American Bitcoin shares rose 1.59% in after-hours trading after closing 5.97% lower at $1.26\u00a0during Thursday\u2019s regular trading session. Benzinga\u2019s Edge Stock Rankings indicate declining medium- and long-term price momentum, with strength in the short term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo Courtesy: Evan El-Amin on Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-sm my-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/apis?utm_source=benzinga.com&amp;utm_campaign=article-bottom\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\u00a9 2026 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">To add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benzinga.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sharply criticized the Trump family\u2019s reported profiteering from cryptocurrency and other deals on Thursday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10389,1638,215,526,213,81,212,10390,10391,26491,26492,10393,11120,1505,896,11124,26493,25619,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-40871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eric-trump","8":"tag-category-cryptocurrency","9":"tag-category-markets","10":"tag-category-news","11":"tag-category-politics","12":"tag-cms-wordpress","13":"tag-eric-trump","14":"tag-pageisbzpro-bz","15":"tag-symbol-btc","16":"tag-symbol-doge","17":"tag-symbol-melania","18":"tag-symbol-trump","19":"tag-symbol-zec","20":"tag-symbol-abtc","21":"tag-tag-bernie-sanders","22":"tag-tag-donald-trump","23":"tag-tag-eric-trump","24":"tag-tag-memecoins","25":"tag-tag-world-liberty-financial","26":"tag-trump"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116457953296708794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}