President Donald Trump held a private event Thursday night for 220 crypto investors who had bought into his meme coin, defying bipartisan concerns from lawmakers that he was selling access to accumulate personal wealth.

By Michelle Conlin, Lawrence Delevingne and Trevor Hunnicutt STERLING, Virginia (Reuters) -Buyers of President Donald Trump’s meme coin converged from around the globe on Thursday for an exclusive dinner at his private country club,

President Donald Trump is hosting a dinner Thursday for top investors in his meme coin, throwing the event at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., for a mostly anonymous group of attendees who have collectively thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at the president’s controversial cryptocurrency.