The former director of the IDB who knew how to be a man close to Argentine politics, confirmed in the CNN that the FBI investigates the cryptophaf and that there are ongoing judicial issues.
He Cryptogate $ pound became an international problem to Javier Milei, After Mauricio Claver-Carone, in charge of President Donald Trump for Latin America and one of his most influential men in foreign policy, anticipate that the United States will investigate the scandal due to the large number of American citizens who would have been scammed.
“It is complicated because there were victims, there were American defrauded people. There were hundreds, but thousands, who lost millions of dollars, and some advisors of the president are involved,” said Claver-Carone in statements to the CNN news chain in Spanish.
The former director of the Inter -American Development Bank (IDB) and former Advisor of the National Security Council during Trump’s first presidency He made it clear that the case will not go unnoticed by US justice.
Claver Carone is the special envoy of the State Department for Latin America, the most important position that the United States has in the region. “I have seen that President Milei obviously announced his own investigation, which I think is appropriate. I think there will be obviously judicial research issues. Therefore, it is a complex issue,” said Claver Carone.
The statements fell like a bucket of cold water in the Casa Rosada, which so far has tried to minimize the crisis. Milei only made an indirect reference to the subject during his speech at the Legislative Assembly, where he compared the scandal with the 110 billion dollars that, according to him, the “caste” stole the Argentines.
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Cryptogate: the FBI already investigates the case
According to sources cited by CNNthe FBI already started a investigation on the cryptophaf, which could become a headache for the libertarian government in the middle of the electoral year in the United States.
Claver-Carone’s involvement is a key fact: in addition to having been dismissed from the IDB after an internal scandal, he is Milei’s most critical republican within Trump’s circle.
In fact, it is indicated as one of the figures that could influence the bilateral relationship above the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
The impact on the relationship with Trump
Claver-Carone’s position complicates Milei’s plans to get support from the State Department and Trump. Although the Republican official acknowledged that there could be “Some kind of agreement that provides more investments” For Argentina, it made it clear that the financial scandal could become a serious obstacle to the relationship between Washington and Buenos Aires.
Source: Ambito
