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Senators Scott and Lummis Attended Scaramucci Crypto Forum in Wyoming

The presence of two sitting U.S. senators and a White House crypto advisor at a private financial symposium raises disclosure questions that federal lobbying and ethics records may or may not answer.

The Congressional Times · August 19, 2026

Two sitting U.S. senators, Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina and Republican Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, attended an invitation-only Wyoming Blockchain Symposium hosted by former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, according to reporting by the New York Post published August 19, 2026. The event was held at the Four Seasons in Wyoming. Also in attendance, per the same report, were former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Representative Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt, and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould.

Scaramucci served as White House communications director for approximately 11 days in July 2017 before his departure, a tenure documented in contemporaneous White House press records. He has since become a public critic of former President Donald Trump and hosts a podcast. The New York Post describes the Wyoming forum as a private, high-level financial gathering focused on blockchain and digital assets.

Senator Lummis has been a prominent congressional advocate for cryptocurrency legislation. She co-authored the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act, introduced in the 119th Congress and tracked in the congressional record under S. 2281. Senator Scott chairs the Senate Banking Committee, which holds jurisdiction over financial regulation including digital asset oversight, per Senate committee assignments published on senate.gov.

The attendance of a sitting White House crypto advisor, Patrick Witt, alongside two senators with direct legislative and oversight roles in digital asset policy creates potential overlap between private forum participation and official government function. Whether any attendee reported the event under Senate ethics disclosure rules, or whether any organizer or sponsor filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (searchable at lda.senate.gov), is not known at this time. Those filings, along with any financial sponsorship records for the symposium itself, would be the documents that answer what, if any, reportable interests were represented at the event.

Neither Senator Scott's office, Senator Lummis's office, nor a representative for Scaramucci had issued a public statement on the forum's agenda, attendee list, or sponsorship structure as of the date of publication. The full attendee list and any financial arrangements between the symposium organizers and participants remain undisclosed in public records.

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