California Rep. Ro Khanna announced on Wednesday he has launched an investigation as ranking member of the Select Committee on China into a $500 million investment by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family in World Liberty Financial (CRYPTO: WLFI), a Trump-linked cryptocurrency company.

The probe focuses on a January 2025 deal in which lieutenants to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the U.A.E. national security adviser, secretly signed an agreement to purchase a 49% stake in the firm.

The arrangement would steer $187 million to Trump family entities and $31 million to entities tied to Steve Witkoff‘s family, Trump’s Middle East envoy.

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