A gaggle of US Senate Democrats is urging Senate Republican leaders to carry hearings right into a reported $500 million deal between the Trump household’s crypto agency and Abu Dhabi royalty.
In a letter on Tuesday, the Democrats instructed Republicans, who management the Senate, lead its committees and resolve on hearings, that they need to “instantly maintain hearings” into the deal and have Trump administration officers testify about it underneath oath.
The Wall Avenue Journal reported in January that an Abu Dhabi funding firm backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates’ nationwide safety adviser, signed a deal in January 2025 to purchase a 49% stake in World Liberty Monetary, the crypto platform tied to US President Donald Trump.
Months later, in Could 2025, the Trump administration made a significant arms and synthetic intelligence chip take care of the UAE, which the Democratic senators stated got here “regardless of considerations raised by US nationwide safety officers that China may entry the chips.” Trump has stated he wasn’t conscious of the World Liberty deal.
The letter is the Democrats’ newest bid to probe World Liberty Monetary’s dealings and its potential ties to choices the president has made. Each Trump critics and supporters have criticized the perceived battle of curiosity posed by the Trump household’s sprawling crypto pursuits amid Trump’s push to decontrol the sector.
Donald Trump (proper) assembly with Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (centre) on the White Home in March 2025. Supply: The White Home
“We’re deeply involved about this collection of occasions, which elevate questions on what extra the UAE might obtain — or might have already obtained — on the expense of US nationwide safety after investing within the Trump household crypto firm,” the Democrats wrote.
“Congress has a accountability to research the main points of the reported funding and whether or not it influenced subsequent actions by President Trump and the Trump Administration,” they added.
The senators stated that they’re additionally involved in regards to the Trump administration’s “steps to weaken enforcement” by exempting crypto service suppliers from monetary companies rules and disbanding the Justice Division’s crypto enforcement group.
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Gary Peters, Dick Durbin and Ron Wyden signed the letter.
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Warren has known as for an investigation into the UAE deal earlier than, urging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in February to find out if the deal ought to be topic to a Committee on International Funding probe.
Earlier this yr, Democrats pressed Securities and Change Fee Chair Paul Atkins over the choice to drop a fraud case in opposition to Justin Solar, a significant World Liberty Monetary backer.
In Could, Democratic Senator Peter Welch and Consultant Dave Min launched a probe into Trump’s pardons, together with that of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao.
The pardon got here after Binance accepted a $2 billion funding from an Abu Dhabi fund in early 2025 and agreed for the funds to be paid in World Liberty Monetary’s stablecoin, USD1.
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