Thread by @JohnEDeaton1

TO MY INTERNATIONAL #XRPHOLDERS:

I am proud to announce @CryptoLawUS’s International Connect to Congress Call for Action.

As promised, we have activated an option for international holders to connect to the U.S. Congress.

It is a Petition to the four key members who can open an investigation.

change.org/CryptoLaw-Intl…

I ask that only international holders use this petition option, and U.S. holders keep using the Connect to Congress app. This will maximize the power of both, and not dilute either.

This will be a Petition to the Banking Committee’s Leadership @SenSherrodBrown (D-OH) and @SenToomey (R-PA), and Representatives @RepMaxineWaters (D-CA) and @PatrickMcHenry (R-NC).

The International Petition mirrors the message from U.S. Holders via Crypto-Law.us’s Connect to Congress:

It reads:

We are writing to you as the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of the U.S. Congressional committees overseeing the Securities and Exchange Commission,

because we are foreign citizens and digital asset holders who have been grievously harmed rather than protected by that agency. The SEC's enforcement actions on cryptocurrencies have involved the appearance of improprieties and conflicts of interest among officials,

and should be investigated.
 
Attorney John Deaton, who represents over 64,000 digital asset holders in an ongoing action against the SEC, has compiled evidence that SEC officials may have colluded with outside parties to regulate cryptocurrencies

in line with their personal financial interests. Here is a link to Deaton's summary of the evidence: crypto-law.us/the-ethereum-f…
 
The SEC under @GaryGensler has refused to address these troubling questions, resisted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests

and ignored media reports. The stonewalling must end if there can be any faith in the markets and in government oversight.

We, the undersigned, ask that you use your oversight responsibility to open an investigation into the SEC's enforcement practices on cryptocurrencies and the apparent conflicts of interest among those responsible for issuing guidance and taking enforcement actions.

My plan is after we have sent an impressive number of messages from U.S. holders (we are approaching 10,000 message requests specifically calling for an investigation) and we match that number from International Holders, I will go to D.C. and not leave until I get a meeting.