President Trump’s CFTC chair nominee Brian Quintenz alleged that Tyler Winklevoss attempted to derail his confirmation after Quintenz refused to promise favorable treatment regarding the exchange’s past litigation with the commission.

According to private text messages released by Quintenz on Sept. 10, Winklevoss shared Gemini’s 13-page complaint against the CFTC Inspector General in a July 2025 exchange.

He claimed the agency pursued “dubious false statements charges” and “selectively and unfairly weaponized” enforcement against the company.

Winklevoss described seven years of “lawfare trophy hunting” by the commission in the leaked messages.

Transparency claims

Winklevoss questioned why the CFTC sued Gemini rather than “parties that defrauded us of $10mil” or CBOE. He also questioned why the commission continued pursuing Gemini “after it knew its investigation was started based on a false whistleblower.”

Quintenz consistently refused to make specific commitments, stating that “any decision or response to your complaint should be made by and given the full weight of the confirmed chair.”

He committed only to addressing matters “fully and fairly if and when I am confirmed,” while emphasizing the importance of proper process.

Winklevoss then expressed disappointment that Quintenz hadn’t reviewed their complaint despite previous discussions.

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Additionally, the Gemini co-founder stressed that “cultural reform, which includes rectifying what happened to us, should be the highest priority” and urged Quintenz to align with President Donald Trump’s mandate to end regulatory warfare.

Quintenz explained his approach of waiting for confirmation before forming judgments. He added that he decided “to wait until I can get into the role to get that view as opposed to trying to get it now through current leadership.”

He described having “a very poor experience with that on every important issue or decision so far” when dealing with existing commission staff.

The message release comes two days before Gemini’s planned IPO on Sept. 12.

Quintenz claimed that Winklevoss contacted Trump in an effort to pause his confirmation for undisclosed reasons following their exchange.

He added that he disclosed the discussions with Winklevoss to protect the President from misinformation and demonstrate his commitment to transparency over personal advancement.

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A secretly recorded conversation with a top Department of Justice (DOJ) official accuses Pam Bondi and the DOJ of a massive cover-up in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Joseph Schnitt, the Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Enforcement Operations, was covertly recorded by Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe during what Schnitt believed was a private date arranged through a dating app. In the hidden camera footage, Schnitt made a series of explosive claims that the DOJ has since denied.

During the recorded meeting, Schnitt alleged that the DOJ was planning to manipulate the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case. He claimed that “thousands and thousands of pages” of files exist and that the department would “redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leaving all the liberal, Democratic people intact.”

Schnitt’s comments didn’t stop there. He also discussed the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison. “She got transferred to a minimum security prison. It’s against BOP [Bureau of Prisons] policy because she’s a convicted sex offender. And they’re not supposed to get minimum security prisons, which is an interesting detail because she’s getting a benefit, which means they’re offering her something to keep her mouth shut.”

He also told his date that the FBI’s Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are clashing with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the suppression of the files:

“The head of FBI [Kash Patel] really wants to… second-in-command [Dan Bongino] at FBI has been causing problems, because he’s like, ‘No, these [Epstein Files] have to be released.’ The FBI wants them out. The top two guys that will do it. But they work for Bondi, so… Bondi wants whatever Trump wants. Internally there’s a lot of conflict.”

The Department of Justice confirmed the authenticity of the video but stated that Schnitt “had no role in the Department’s internal review of Epstein materials,” and his comments “have absolutely zero bearing with reality and reflect a total lack of knowledge of the DOJ’s review process.” To back up its claims, the DOJ tweeted a screenshot of a note that Shnitt ostensibly sent to his boss at the DOJ, Acting Director Jeffrey Pollak, about his date:

Acting Director Pollak:

I met a woman named Skylar on Hinge, a dating app, in July 2025, her profile is no longer findable. We had two dates (August 4 and August 16). She claimed to be an au pair in Georgetown. She gave no clues that she was a reporter or recording our dates. Had la clue, the first date would have ended immediately and there never would have been a second one. My profile indicated I did “Government” work but did not specify for which agency. I never discussed what I do at DOJ.

The comments I made were my own personal comments on what l’ve learned in the media and not from anything l’ve done at or learned via work. I have no knowledge of the circumstances surrounding Ms. Maxwell other than what is reported in the news. I also never divulged anything about what I do at work. I recall that she asked if I had any knowledge about Maxwell and I specifically said I only know what’s been reported in the media.

Joseph Schnitt,
A/Deputy Chief Special Operations Unit
Office of Enforcement Operations

It makes one wonder. Schnitt holds a senior position within the DOJ, yet his comments were dismissed as “misunderstanding and lack of factual basis.” What information remains hidden in the Epstein case, and who might be protected by continued secrecy? The DOJ doesn’t want us to find out.

Previously:
• Documents reveal decades-long Trump-Epstein relationship despite denials

A massive data breach exposed thousands of Capital One customers’ sensitive data, putting them at lifelong risk of identity theft, a new class action lawsuit claims.

Filed by plaintiff Andrew Willoughby, the suit alleges Capital One Financial Corporation, Capital One N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. entities exposed its customers’ personal identifiable information (PII) due to an employee’s negligence.

The suit alleges that because of inadequately protected computer systems, customers’ names, Social Security numbers, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, credit card numbers, transaction history, and other financial information exposed via a data breach.

The breach happened between August 11, 2022 and May 22, 2023, when an “unauthorized actor” accessed client PII due to the employee’s “failure to maintain an adequate security system,” according to the lawsuit.

The Capital One employee also allegedly delayed informing the plaintiffs of what happened in time to save them from potential identity theft crimes.

Says the complaint,

“Due to Defendants’ negligence, cybercriminals obtained everything they need to commit identity theft and wreak havoc on the financial and personal lives of thousands of individuals…

Defendants were negligent and failed to inform Plaintiff and the Class Members of the data breach in time for them to protect themselves from identity theft.”

Now, the suit alleges that “for the rest of their lives,” Capital One customers will have to face the threat of identity thieves possessing or misusing their personal information via the dark web.

“The unencrypted PII of Plaintiff and Class Members may end up for sale on the dark web or simply fall into the hands of companies that will use the detailed PII for targeted marketing without the approval of Plaintiff and Class Members. Unauthorized individuals can easily access the PII of Plaintiff and Class Members.”

Capital One was also recently accused of engaging in “cancel culture” by President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump.

The bank has $490.1 billion in total assets as of the end of last year.

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