Who?
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) — Co-author, Epstein discharge petition in US House
LISTEN: Laslo & Khanna
Ask a Pol asks:
We know your constituents in Silicon Valley are divided, but where do you land in the debate over digital currencies?
Key Khanna:
“I support a smart regulatory framework,” Rep. Ro Khanna exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
Some Silicon Valley folks are pretty dubious?
“Yeah,” Khanna says. “It’s split.”
ICYMI — Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo’s feature on Epstein politics
Caught our ear:
“He’s got the hubris of a second-term president on steroids,” Khanna tells us of President Donald Trump.
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Ro Khanna (7-17-2025)
SCENE: A week before House Speaker Mike Johnson kicked off his chamber’s annual August recess early to avoid a vote on Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) discharge petition — which would force a vote on whether to release the Epstein files or not — Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Khanna just off the House floor.
They start chatting crypto, which evolves into a conversation about uncomfortable — and unsettling — Epstein politics which almost derailed the bipartisan crypto and stablecoin measures that the House passed before leaving Washington until the fall.
Matt Laslo: “How are you?”
Ro Khanna: “Good.”
ML: “What are you — you’re not big into crypto and digital currencies are you?”
RK: “I mean I…”
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ML: “Have you weighed into it?”
RK: “I’m not into the — I mean I voted for these but…”
ML: “Yeah?”
RK: “...I’m not — I’m not a huge thing. I support a smart regulatory framework. I voted for some of the amendments that have been in order.”
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