Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell · Aired Oct 29, 2026
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Using a memecoin makes a hypothetical bribe legally permissible.
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Joe's example explicitly describes a hypothetical bribe, then says the withdrawal is legal. A transaction's crypto form does not itself legalize corrupt payment for official action. The president is exempt from some statutory conflict rules, not every legal restriction. The conversation later acknowledges potential bribery and foreign-benefit violations at 2:12:28-2:14:21. This does not establish that any identified person committed a crime.
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Is it true that Using a memecoin makes a hypothetical bribe legally permissible?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Joe's example explicitly describes a hypothetical bribe, then says the withdrawal is legal. A transaction's crypto form does not itself legalize corrupt payment for official action. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell, aired Oct 29, 2026, at 2:10:42. The supporting source is law.cornell.edu, linked below.
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