Known Crypto "Expert" Justin Sun joins Trump's World Liberty Financial

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Justin Sun is betting that currying favor with—and throwing cash at—Donald Trump might one day allow him to return to U.S. shores without fear of being immediately arrested. On November 25, Sun tweeted, “We are thrilled to invest $30 million in World Liberty Financial as its largest investor. The U.S. is becoming the blockchain hub, and Bitcoin owes it to @realDonaldTrump!” The ‘we’ in this context apparently refers to Tron, the blockchain founded by Sun, as Sun’s tweet included a graphic showing both the WLFI and Tron logos.

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the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY)—with help from the FBI—has reportedly been preparing possible charges against Sun, including wire fraud, conspiracy or intent to commit wire fraud, swindling, money laundering, spending the spoils of a criminal enterprise, failure to register a security and lying about it, aiding and abetting a crime, and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

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Sun hasn’t set foot on U.S. soil since the COVID-19 pandemic and doesn’t appear likely to do so anytime soon. That is, unless Trump takes notice of Sun’s WLF largesse and, combined with administrative turnover at both the SEC and the SDNY, helps alleviate Sun’s stateside legal difficulties.

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However, since the WLF principals’ previous DeFi project was hacked for nearly $2 million this summer, and Sun-affiliated projects appear to be catnip for hackers, it might be time to start the exploit countdown. But look on the bright side: this time, it could be Sun’s money that goes astray.

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