US President Donald Trump’s second ex-wife, Marla Maples, has proven assist for ending the nation’s case in opposition to early Bitcoin advocate Roger Ver, referred to as “Bitcoin Jesus.”
“Sharing extra re [regarding] the decision to dismiss the prosecution in opposition to Roger Ver,” Maples said in a March 16 X submit, sharing a video created by a corporation aimed toward supporting Ver and tagging Trump, Elon Musk and US Legal professional Common Pam Bondi.
The Division of Justice charged Ver with mail fraud, tax evasion and submitting false tax returns in April 2024, alleging he hid the quantity of Bitcoin (BTC) he owned when he renounced his US citizenship in 2014 and defrauded the Inner Income Service out of $48 million by failing to report the features he made by promoting them.
Sharing extra re the decision to dismiss the prosecution in opposition to Roger Ver @PamBondi @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump @Davewarrington https://t.co/BckQwEXBW6
— marla maples (@itsmarlamaples) March 16, 2025
Maples and Trump met within the mid-Nineteen Eighties throughout his first marriage to Ivana Trump, and was his second spouse from 1993 till 1999. She has lengthy been concerned with philanthropy and has advocated for a number of charities and causes.
She is seemingly nonetheless near and supportive of Trump, who collectively have a daughter, Tiffany Trump. Maples attended Trump’s inauguration and told the London Night Normal in July that she was “open to no matter method that I can serve” the then-presidential bidder.
Maples joins a bunch of high-profile figures calling to stop the prosecution of Ver, which incorporates Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and on-line black market Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, who was dealing with a double life sentence in jail till Trump pardoned him in January.
Ver has appealed to Trump for a pardon, claiming he’s being unfairly persecuted and is a sufferer of “lawfare.”
Neither Trump nor the White Home has publicly acknowledged Ver’s plea, however Trump’s cost-cutting czar Musk said in a January X submit that Ver “gave up his US citizenship. No pardon for Ver. Membership has its privileges.”
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Ver was arrested in Spain on the time of the US indictment pending his extradition to the US however was later granted bail on the situation he stay within the nation.
He moved to dismiss the federal government’s case in December, arguing the fees have been unconstitutional, and the IRS’ “exit tax” for renounced residents is “inscrutably imprecise” when utilized to crypto.
Cointelegraph has contacted Maples for remark.
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