If that clip from Ann Vandersteel hit you the way it hit me, you’re already seeing the pattern: the little guy is being robbed by DOJ and SEC weaponization. Michael Castillero, Brian Martinsen, and Francine Lanaia launched Straight Path Venture Partners under the Trump administration’s pro-growth policies. Their goal was simple, give thousands of mom-and-pop investors real access to high-upside pre-IPO shares in companies like Palantir, Airbnb, and others. Not just billionaires. Regular Americans. They were positioned for generational wealth right as opportunities like the SpaceX IPO were exploding. Then, in 2022, the Biden administration froze their fund. Asset seizures followed, backed by a disputed narrative that shut the entire operation down. The result? Michael Castillero sentenced to 8 to 11 years in prison. This is textbook regulatory lawfare against Trump-aligned voices in finance, and the real victims are the everyday investors who lost everything.

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