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I can't be the only person who had no idea that #MattGaetz created an official "El Salvador Caucus" in the U.S. Congress last year and it just so happens to be full of most of that body's biggest cranks (#LaurenBoebert, #MikeLee, #NancyMace, #TimBurchett) and most corrupt reps (#AndyOgles, who made some “interesting” campaign finance moves at the crypto industry’s favorite bank that he and George Santos chose to hold their campaign money).

Feels like kind of a lot of congressional time spent nurturing America's relationship with a country whose GDP rivals that of Des Moines, Iowa.

[UPDATE] dear lord the El Salvador Caucus has an (extremely active) Twitter account: x.com/SAL_Caucus

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salva

oh look, another #fintech bankruptcy involving Evolve Bank & Trust.

some other fun places Evolve has popped up:

1. issuer of #FTX and #BlockFi debit cards (before those companies blew up and customers lost all their money)
2. #GeorgeSantos and #AndyOgles held their campaign money at Evolve
3. #Synapse bankruptcy which cost customers of a bunch of fintech "banks" like #Yotta most if not all of their money
4. Partnered with "anti-woke" fintech #GloriFi
5. Got hacked by Russia midway through Synapse bankruptcy proceedings
6. Anonymous crypto debit card issuer for #ZELF
7. Frequently found to be the bank used by #pigbutchering fraudsters
8. Sanctioned by federal reserve for #moneylaundering

The fact that Evolve has not been shut down is insane. Banking system cannot survive if these kinds of bad actors roam free like the wind.

* more on Evolve: fintechbusinessweekly.substack
* even more: fintechbusinessweekly.substack

🤑 George Santos and Andy Ogles, two well known pillars of virtue, held their campaign's money at the same bank that issued the #FTX debit cards, partnered with organized crime connected #crypto disaster #PrimeTrust, and can't find tens of millions of dollars of #Yotta's customers' money... #EvolveBank

details at the always excellent Fintech Business Weekly here: fintechbusinessweekly.substack

oh, and also: #DanFriedberg, the lawyer for FTX, #Tether, and the #UltimateBet fraud, was one of Santos's biggest donors 🤔

[News5 Nashville]: FBI agents execute search warrant on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, NewsChannel 5 confirms
In statement, Maury County Republican says FBI agents seized his cell phone as part of investigation into his campaign finances By: Phil Williams

newschannel5.com/news/newschan

News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF) · FBI agents execute search warrant on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, NewsChannel 5 confirmsBy Phil Williams
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The #Pennsylvania #Republican introduced the #legislation w/ 6 R co-sponsors: Reps #ChuckFleischmann, #PaulGosar, #TroyNehls, #AndyOgles, #BarryMoore, & #MikeWaltz.

The bill, was referred to the #House Transportation & Infrastructure Cmte for consideration.

It's not yet clear how the bill will fare in the #GOP-controlled House, tho it's likely to be DOA in the Democrat-controlled #Senate -- meaning it would not become #law.