Bartlett Naylor

Financial Policy Advocate, Public Citizen. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Public Citizen. Chief investigator, US Senate. Teamsters

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Trump made $2 b from buyers who now own thin air

[Bloomberg @business]

Donald Trump reported earning at least $1.2 billion in 2025 from crypto and memecoin-related businesses, according to his latest annual financial disclosure https://t.co/qyxdXCVA83

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

I don’t believe anything to do w Trump until he publicly denies it.

[Reuters @Reuters]

The Trump family generated at least $2.3 billion in profit from their main crypto ventures, while more than a million investors had net losses totaling $2.3 billion, a Reuters examination finds https://t.co/N8DvTPc6SM @specialreports

[CNBC @CNBC]

Trump family got about $500M from crypto venture — but investors saw steep losses https://t.co/qUC7Pkq8xI

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

How'd you like it your bank decided you couldn't withdraw from your account?

https://t.co/4BqG48HBZz

[MRodriguezValladares, MRV Associates @MRVAssociates]

MT @ErikSherman "Federal financial regulators have been working to cut back restrictions on banks, publicly held companies, and financial representatives." https://t.co/X5PCNcrYSI

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Let’s run the timeline:

Feb 10: Trump quietly buys $5M in Dell stock

Feb 19: Trump tells rally crowds to “go out and buy a Dell”

May 27: Pentagon awards Dell a $9.7 BILLION contract

But his “only interest is in the American people?” Sure.

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Blinding the mice

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

How Trump's bank regulators are paring back supervision https://t.co/fE6fFCsxXK

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Frank enlivened dry banking policy. RIP

[Andrew Ackerman @amacker]

“He is one of the great legislators of the Congress, certainly of his generation and ranking among the best in history,” Thomas E. Mann, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, said in a 2021 interview for this obituary. https://t.co/yDDdS9tRs4

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

Crypto is on the verge of accomplishing an unprecedented act of legislative piracy — writing its own legal framework in an otherwise stalled out Congress with sweeping implications for all of American finance.

I wrote about the money that brought us here and what it means:

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Two Ds depart on Clarity.

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

What political spending buys https://t.co/vpF1BjkNTg via @NYTimes

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Mmm. Trump placing sock puppets to do what? Something about employment.

[Financial Services GOP @FinancialCmte]

The Committee is now considering H.R. 5396, the Price Stability Act, by Chairman @RepFrenchHill, @RepDonaldsPress, and @RepStutzman.

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Lies can cost trillions.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Ben McKenzie, director of the new documentary "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money," argues that money is based on trust while crypto is based on lies

[Lee Reiners @leereiners]

FTX did not flee “regulatory uncertainty.” It fled the SEC. Ahead of tomorrow’s Senate Banking markup, my latest explains why the Bahamas already had crypto “regulatory clarity” & why current market structure legislation risks repeating the same mistake: https://t.co/MZfasFTLzD

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Around midnight, @BankingGOP unveiled new crypto legislation.

Among other flaws, it will turbocharge the massive conflict of interests posed by Donald Trump and his family's crypto ventures.

No bill should move through the Banking Committee without real ethics guardrails.

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Prof. Reiners: Will the Senate's crypto bill lead to the next FTX?

https://t.co/ClpiR6w4PU

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Poll: Americans aren't thrilled w banks. But trust them more than crypto.

https://t.co/xW6D4kN57q

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Chair Scott's newly released crypto draft falls a wee short on ethics. There is NOTHING on the issue.

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Senate: Stop Trump's Crypto Grift - Public Citizen https://t.co/B5xfVKTnaD

[Bartlett Naylor @bartnaylor]

Senate: Stop Trump's Crypto Grift - Public Citizen https://t.co/B5xfVKTnaD