Six US Senators Question DOJ Deputy AG Over 2025 Crypto Unit Shutdown and $158K–$470K Holdings

On January 28, 2026, six US senators sent a letter challenging Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over his April 2025 move to dismantle the DOJ's National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team while he reportedly held $158,000 to $470,000 in crypto. The lawmakers argue this overlap, combined with a new policy scaling back actions against exchanges and mixers, may pose conflict-of-interest and ethics issues as crypto crime volumes rose in 2025.