$TRUMP The 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" regarding cryptocurrencies.

During a joint hearing on May 6 of the HFSC and the House Agriculture Committee, Representative Waters stood up while addressing Republican leaders, stating her intention to block proceedings due to Donald Trump's corruption, "cryptocurrency ownership," 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.