Justin Sun Sues Trump's World Liberty Financial Over Frozen Tokens

Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun filed a lawsuit against World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency project supported by US President Donald Trump, alleging that the WLFI project team froze his tokens without valid reason and stripped him of voting rights. The lawsuit was filed in California federal court, and tensions between Sun and the Trump-backed project have escalated following public statements from Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s second son.

Eric Trump’s Response

Eric Trump, WLFI co-founder, responded to Sun’s lawsuit by comparing it to what he described as an absurd purchase. Trump stated that Sun’s lawsuit was as ridiculous as “paying $6 million for a banana taped to a wall.” His comments underscored the WLFI team’s dismissal of the legal action.

WLFI’s Position

The WLFI team rejected Sun’s case as baseless, characterizing it as a “desperate” attempt at public sabotage. While the team accused Sun of unspecified irregularities, no specific details regarding these allegations were provided.

Sun’s Allegations

According to the lawsuit, Justin Sun alleges that World Liberty Financial took three specific actions against him: freezing his tokens without valid justification, stripping him of his voting rights in governance proposals, and threatening to permanently burn his tokens.

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BoredInBlockspace
· 04-26 12:39
If WLFI can provide KYC/risk control trigger records, then Sun might not get the advantage.
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AutumnSlopeCabin
· 04-25 12:38
Sun's lawsuit in California this time is quite clever; jurisdiction and the chain of evidence are both crucial.
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PuppyLooksAtTvl
· 04-24 12:00
First, review the contract terms to see if the project team has specified clear freezing conditions.
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ViewingNarrativesFromAHotAir
· 04-24 04:10
Projects that support Trump also dare to do this? The compliance risk is directly maxed out.
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NonceNomad
· 04-23 13:22
This melon is a bit big, freezing tokens still deprives voting rights?
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L2Mailman
· 04-23 13:13
TRX here isn't exactly a friendly party, but freezing someone else's voting rights is indeed unseemly.
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GateUser-9076f8b9
· 04-23 12:59
If true, WLFI's governance design is a ticking time bomb: whoever controls the contract permissions is the king.
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BluePeonyPrincipalProtection
· 04-23 12:59
If freezing assets without proper justification, it feels like a typical power struggle over governance rights.
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GateUser-bee672a5
· 04-23 12:56
I'm more concerned: how exactly is on-chain voting power "deprived"? Is it due to multi-signature changes or are snapshots excluded?
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GateUser-4aa73916
· 04-23 12:49
Politics + crypto + litigation, the three-piece set, the market is about to be driven by emotions again.
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