Covington & Burling, a legal firm, was hired by the Harris campaign to counsel the transition team and assist in screening Harris’ possible running mates. The law firm is currently contesting the congressionally enacted and President Biden-signed TikTok ban in the United States, which also gave the Harris campaign financial help and skilled lawyers to defend it.
Chris Larsen, a cryptocurrency company co-founder and angel investor, is one prominent supporter of Harris’ campaign. Larsen, who has contributed about $12 million to Harris’ campaign groups, is presently involved in a lengthy.
Securities and Exchange Commission on the classification of its cryptocurrency, XRP, as “securities.” In the meantime, Larsen donated $1 million of his cryptocurrency, XRP, to the Harris campaign.
Prosecutors would actually need to demonstrate a quid pro quo in order to establish a legal offense, primarily bribery, Andrew McCarthy, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor for the online print version of National Review, told News. “These circumstances fall under the broad category of arrangements that are morally dubious and, depending on how they turn out, may be politically detrimental, but that are most likely not actionable under the law.
