Bolton: Trump told Treasury secretary to ‘go after’ Bitcoin

Published June 17, 2020 11:02pm ET



President Trump told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to clamp down on the trading and selling of the internet currency Bitcoin, according to John Bolton’s book about his time in the Trump administration.

“Don’t be a trade negotiator,” Trump allegedly said, as was written in The Room Where It Happened, a copy of which was provided to the Washington Examiner. “Go after Bitcoin [for fraud].”

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