The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Don Jr.’s BFF Told to ‘Stop Dropping Names’ in Wild Drug Bust by Catherine Bouris

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Zach Witkoff, the 28‑year‑old son of Steve Witkoff—President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East—and co‑founder of the Trump‑linked cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial, was arrested on New Year’s Day 2022 after an altercation outside Miami’s E11EVEN nightclub; body‑cam footage shows him trying to re‑enter the club, getting into a physical fight, and being searched, during which police found a bag of cocaine, leading to charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and felony possession of cocaine. Witkoff later claimed the drugs were not his and that he was assaulted, but prosecutors eventually dropped the felony cocaine charge and the resisting‑arrest count, and he entered a not‑guilty plea. The incident highlights the firm’s broader controversy—where the Trump sons hold a 60 % stake and have seen crypto investments lose about $1 billion in a year—and a recent lawsuit by billionaire investor Justin Sun accusing World Liberty Financial of criminal extortion after it froze his assets.

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