US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), incoming Chair of the Senate Everlasting Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), issued a sweeping discover on Thursday to people, firms, and authorities companies which have failed to cooperate with a variety of ongoing inquiries, together with investigations into cryptocurrency; corruption involving the Trump Administration’s self-enrichment and nationwide safety threats; rampant misconduct by federal immigration brokers; Big Tech and different company enablers; and the Trump Administration’s lawless abuse of energy.
In a collection of letters, Blumenthal reminded recipients of the Subcommittee’s expectation for his or her immediate cooperation and warned: “Please additionally word that failure to voluntarily produce the requested data and data by January 4, 2027, will go away the Subcommittee with no selection however to contemplate various measures to get hold of compliance.”
The entities receiving letters Thursday embrace:
• World Liberty Monetary and Battle Battle Battle LLC: In Might 2025, Blumenthal opened an inquiry into the $TRUMP cryptocurrency and World Liberty Monetary Inc. (WLFI) following reporting that Trump-connected cryptocurrency companies could also be enabling the violation of authorities ethics necessities, facilitating monetary transactions with overseas nationals underneath federal prosecution, taking investments from overseas governments, and doubtlessly violating federal legal guidelines. In July 2026, Blumenthal hosted a public discussion board on the Trump household’s crypto ventures, together with publishing testimony from $TRUMP coin traders who misplaced 1000’s on the scheme.
Blumenthal’s letter to World Liberty Monetary is available here and Battle Battle Battle LLC is available here.
• Binance and Tether: Blumenthal is main an inquiry into the illicit use of cryptocurrencies and the Trump Administration’s self-enrichment and self-dealings with cryptocurrency companies. As half of this investigation, Blumenthal launched a report detailing how Tether and its dollar-pegged stablecoin have develop into a big monetary lifeline inside Iran’s shadow banking community.
Blumenthal’s letter to Binance is available here and Tether is available here.
• Secretary of Homeland Safety Markwayne Mullin: In August 2025, Blumenthal opened an expansive inquiry into abuses by DHS and federal immigration enforcement authorities. Over the past two years, Blumenthal and U.S. Consultant Robert Garcia (D-CA), Rating Member of the Home Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform, have hosted 5 public boards to obtain testimony from whistleblowers and victims about lawless and abusive techniques utilized by federal immigration brokers.
Blumenthal’s letter to Mullin is available here.
• Tech firms and all different publicly identified donors to the Trump Ballroom: Blumenthal is main an inquiry into Big Tech firms and others who could also be looking for pay-to-play authorities favors from their donations to President Trump’s White Home ballroom and different initiatives all through the nation’s capital. Blumenthal has repeatedly sought answers from non-public donors to the ballroom venture in addition to raised concerns to White Home Chief of Employees Susie Wiles concerning the ballooning prices related to renovations to the White Home and surrounding grounds, together with the multi-million-dollar value to taxpayers. Blumenthal’s letters to all publicly identified donors to the Trump Ballroom venture are available here.
• Federal Communications Fee (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr: In March 2025, Blumenthal opened an inquiry into the FCC’s abuse of energy, together with doubtful investigations and misrepresentations of legislation to silence free speech. In September 2025, Blumenthal hosted a public forum with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on the Trump Administration’s unprecedented efforts to use the FCC and authorities authority to chill First Modification-protected speech and unbiased, fact-based information reporting.
Blumenthal’s letter to Carr is available here.
