"We would never, ever be associated with a company that has anything to do with jihad. And it disgusts me. Tether will seize any amount of coin in illicit activity."
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Quoted in 2024, "From crypto bro to commerce secretary pick: Howard Lutnick’s glaring conflict of interest" in The Guardian (23 January 2025)
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Howard Lutnick
Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman who was appointed to serve as the United States Secretary of Commerce by the Trump Administration in February, 2025. He was formerly the head of Cantor Fitzgerald, a corporation affected directly by the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in Manhattan, New York, and was an associate of the late financier Jeff Epstein.
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