$TRUMP Representative Maxine Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), led Democratic lawmakers out of a joint hearing on digital assets in response to what she called "the corruption of the President of the United States" in relation to cryptocurrencies.

In a joint hearing on May 6 of the HFSC and the House Agriculture Committee, Representative Waters stood up as she addressed Republican leaders, stating that she intended to block the proceedings due to the corruption of Donald Trump, the "ownership of cryptocurrencies," and oversight of government agencies. The chairman of the digital assets subcommittee, Bryan Steil, apparently taking advantage of a loophole in the committee's rules, said that Republican lawmakers would continue with the event as a "roundtable" instead of a hearing.

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