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RNC co-chair Lara Trump's announcement of new crypto venture is a 'scam': Eric Trump

Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law has a new project going, according to her social media — but it appears she was the victim of hackers.On Tuesday, Lara Trump, who currently holds a senior leadership position in the Republican National Committee took to X to discuss a cryptocurrency venture she and her husband, Eric Trump, had been working on."I'm excited to finally be able speak on World Liberty Financial, the project I have been working on alongside my husband @EricTrump," Mrs. Trump wrote. "I would first like to discuss what we are trying to build. Our goal at World Liberty, is to utilize our governance token on Solana, $WL, to support our DeFi lending protocol.""This is to ensure the American people are in full control of their finances, with no single point of failure," she continued. "We want to take power away from the centralized banks, and give it back to the people. We want the people to have better lending and borrowing rates. We want the average person to thrive on taking charge of their own finances."ALSO READ: Why Trump’s Arlington controversy is actually a crimeShortly after this, however, Eric Trump took to his own account to warn followers that this post is a scam from hackers who broke into her account — as well as the account of his younger sister Tiffany Trump."This is a scam!!" he wrote, adding that their X profiles were "compromised."But the correction came after many commenters on social media had already widely mocked Mrs. Trump's "project.""Will your husband funnel this money to other purposes too like he did his charity?" wrote national security attorney Bradley Moss — a reference to the fact that Eric Trump's former foundation has been accused of skimming off money intended for pediatric cancer patients for his personal business ventures."Less than 70 days until Election Day and the head of the RNC is launching a money making scheme," wrote James Singer, the rapid response adviser for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign."Hunter Biden, we hardly knew thee," wrote conservative anti-Trump attorney George Conway, referring to how Republicans spent the last several years trying to make a congressional investigation and impeachment out of accusations that President Joe Biden's son at various points tried to use his family name to benefit his personal business ventures.