In the short history of crypto cons and scams, it's fair to say none have gained the notoriety of Donald Trump's spectacularly shady TRUMP coin. Soon after Trump launched his memecoin just days before his inauguration,

It includes an image of him raising his fist in the air and the words "fight, fight, fight" — a reference to his reaction after an assassination attempt last July. The token is marketed as "a piece of history," with Trump described as "the crypto president."

Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, has called for a federal investigation into whether U.S. President Donald Trump had violated laws around gift solicitation by promoting a meme coin. The organization lodged its complaint with the Department of Justice and the U.

A progressive watchdog group is calling for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s promotion of a meme coin violated federal law. In a complaint filed on Wednesday, Public Citizen asked the Department of Justice and the Office of Government Ethics to look into Trump’s repost on X in January of a cryptocurrency coin that