Karoline Leavitt Says You'll Never Know Who's at Trump's Crypto Dinner

[Eugene]

Source: The New Republic

Karoline Leavitt Says You’ll Never Know Who’s at Trump’s Crypto Dinner

Malcolm Ferguson
Thu, May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM EDT 2 min read

President Trump is refusing to release the guest list of his pay-to-pay crypto dinner, as his press secretary Karoline Leavitt argues that the dinner is in his “personal time.”

“On the president’s dinner tonight, will the White House commit to making the list of the attendees public so people can see who’s paying for that kind of access to the president?” a reporter asked Leavitt at the White House press briefing on Thursday.

“Well as you know, Garret, this question has been raised with the president. I have also addressed the dinner tonight; the president is attending it in his personal time, it is not a White House dinner, it is not taking place here at the White House,” Leavitt responded, ignoring the specific question about who was going to be at this dinner. “Certainly I can raise that question and try to get you an answer for it.”

The dinner will be held at Trump’s private golf club in northern Virginia on Thursday evening for the top 220 holders of the president’s cryptocurrency—after an auction that brought in $147,586,796.41. The event is being promoted as the “most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the world,” according to an email about the event. The top 25 buyers will get an “ultra-exclusive private VIP reception” and “Special VIP Tour” with the president.

All of the donors/guests of this event will be completely anonymous, ...

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/karoline-leavitt-says-ll-never-190433641.html

[Grins]

1. "Most transparent administration in history" will never not be hilarious

And they think we can’t see it!

[WmChris]

2. Emoluments

Selling acess dosen't count if you do it on personal time? I guess if you call ot a tip you don't pay taxes on it either. Think the other congress critters will jump on the new bandwagon?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. You better believe and hope it is personal time

If it is not personal time then it is more likely to be deemed part of Official Duties which would shield it from impeachment in 2027 and prosecution in 2029. Is that what you want?

[flvegan]

4. Who cares. Seriously.

By now we should all be fully aware that ANY person or entity, foreign or domestic, friend or enemy, convict or not-yet-convicted, all have unrestricted access to Sweet Potato Hitler so long as they have the cash (or jet, or...). Access to him, and everything he has access to. Worst, he's normalized it.

He's easily the shittiest leader/human being I've ever had the misfortune of sharing a timeline with, and as previously proven, no matter how traitorous his actions, ANGH.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Your 65,000th post. Congrats. . . nt

[D_Master81]

6. I never want to here the GOP talk about corruption again

Seriously, never again. This is blatant out in the open corruption and pay to play access to the president I’ve seen and I guess it’s fine because it’s not on government time. So just remember Dems, if Republicans ever accuse you of wrong doing just say “it’s fine, it was on my personal time”.

[KentuckyWoman]

7. I honestly hope I'm alive to see it.

I'm praying to God on his behalf every single day for God to free him from the difficulties of the job by reuniting him with the mother of his first 3 children.

Snark.

[Mossfern]

8. So, was Vance "Acting President"

while Trump was on personal time?
Does that announcement need to be made public?

If Trump wasn't President of the United States during the dinner - then who was?

[pecosbob]

9. That won't protect the rich when we finally decide to come for them.

I doubt these libertarian wannabe masters of the universe will wake up until the mob is at their door.

[Sogo]

10. Except that the NYT has obtained a copy of the guest list.

Saw that on a chyron on Jen Psaki's show just a little while ago.