Let's Go Brandon Coin (FJB) / Patriot Pay
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Let's Go Brandon Coin, trading under the ticker $FJB, was an Ethereum-based memecoin launched in October 2021 by Grant Tragni and promoted heavily by former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn on Bannon's "War Room" podcast. A federal class-action complaint filed February 12, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Barr v. Bannon et al., No. 1:26-cv-00452) alleges Bannon and Epshteyn secretly took a controlling, undisclosed ownership stake in the project while publicly presenting it as decentralized and investor-driven, that an 8% transaction fee nominally earmarked for marketing and veterans'/first-responder charities was instead largely diverted, and that the project (later rebranded Patriot Pay) disabled trading in 2025 without delivering promised liquidity payouts to holders. All fraud, securities, and self-dealing allegations in the complaint are unproven; no ruling, settlement, or substantive defense response has been identified as of this writing.
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Timeline(6 events)
October 2021
Let's Go Brandon Coin ($FJB) is created by Grant Tragni and launches on Ethereum.
Mother JonesDecember 2021
Steve Bannon and Boris Epshteyn promote $FJB on Bannon's 'War Room' podcast, describing a 'strategic ownership position' in the token; the 2026 complaint alleges this promotion drove the token's price up roughly 267% in a single day without disclosing their ownership stake.
Mother Jones / Bloomberg Law2022
Public promotional efforts by Bannon and Epshteyn reportedly decline over the course of the year, per allegations in the 2026 complaint.
The Block2023
Sarah Abdul (reported as 'Williams' in some coverage) announces that Bannon and Epshteyn will step back from involvement with the project, according to the complaint.
The BlockFebruary 2025
The project, by then rebranded as Patriot Pay, allegedly disables trading and announces its closure without delivering promised liquidity distributions to holders.
Bloomberg LawFebruary 2026
Investor Andrew Barr files a proposed federal class-action complaint, Barr v. Bannon et al., Case No. 1:26-cv-00452, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Bloomberg LawDecision Log
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generated: 10/28/2026, 8:18:17 PM
last updated: 10/28/2026, 8:18:17 PM
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