White House crypto official says Democratic criticism of CLARITY is political

Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House crypto council, said Democratic criticism of the CLARITY bill’s ethics provisions amounts to two political arguments. Witt said claims that the ethics provisions are meaningless without enforcement authority for state attorneys general amount to rejecting the broader framework of current federal ethics law. Witt added that arguments saying the provisions are flawed because they cannot punish President Donald Trump for past cryptocurrency activity would require a measure that violates the U.S. Constitution.