"Hire a Lawyer" Warning Issued... What's Behind Trump's Corruption Allegations?

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The Democratic Party is vowing to investigate corruption involving Donald Trump and his family, with warnings even issued telling them to "hire a lawyer."

Reporter Lee Gang has the details.

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This is the homepage for "Official Trump," a cryptocurrency promoted by President Trump on his social media in January of last year.

Financial disclosure reports submitted to the U.S. government showed that Trump earned 630 million dollars—equivalent to over 800 billion won in Korean currency—from businesses related to this meme coin.

Since then, the coin's price has plummeted by over 90% from its peak, with retail investors estimated to have suffered losses reaching up to 5 trillion won.

The Trump family has also raked in hundreds of millions of dollars through coin sales and equity sales of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company controlled by them.

Projects tied to foreign governments are also drawing controversy.

The Trump Organization is participating in a golf course project developed by a Qatari government-owned company and a large-scale resort project involving members of the Saudi royal family.

[Donald Sherman / Executive Vice President, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW): It has been exposed that since taking office in 2025, President Trump has generated 2 billion dollars in revenue, including 110 million dollars from overseas business.]

U.S. Democrats stated that companies owned in part by Trump's two sons have successively secured government contracts or received government loan subsidies, with the scale approaching 1 trillion won.

[Chuck Schumer / U.S. Senate Democratic Leader: Corruption is widespread. Therefore, an investigation must take place. We will not forget our core objective.]

Forbes estimated that President Trump's net worth has more than doubled since his return to the White House last year, reaching the 8 trillion won range.

Amid repeated conflicts of interest, Trump has remarked, "I've learned that nobody cares, and I can get away with it."

Amid criticisms that he is the most corrupt president in history, Trump is expected to face mounting pressure as congressional investigations get underway in earnest.

(Video Editing: Kim Ho-jin, Design: Han Heung-soo)
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