David Sacks: The baseless accusations from The New York Times lack evidence, and we have retained a defamation law specialist to handle this matter.

On December 1, White House Crypto and AI Czar David Sacks publicly pushed back against *The New York Times*’ investigation into his conduct as the administration’s lead on AI and cryptocurrency, dismissing the months-long effort as chasing baseless allegations. Sacks issued a social media statement claiming *The Times* assigned five reporters this summer to probe conflicts of interest between his government role and tech industry background. “Through so-called ‘fact checks,’ they landed on accusations we thoroughly refuted,” he wrote. “Anyone reading this piece closely will see they’ve cobbled together anecdotes that don’t back the headline—exactly their intent.” The contentious November 30 *Times* article—headlined “The Silicon Valley Man in the White House: Profiting for Himself and Pals”—alleged Sacks leveraged his dual roles as White House AI/crypto lead and prominent tech investor to push policies benefiting AI and crypto assets, to the advantage of himself and his extensive Silicon Valley network.