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> despite having donated to both parties extensively > both He was the second biggest donor to the DNC after George Soros. I'm not aware of any RNC contribut

> despite having donated to both parties extensively > both He was the second biggest donor to the DNC after George Soros. I'm not aware of any RNC contributions.

nobody9999 4y ago
>I'm not aware of any RNC contributions. Now you are. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-prolific-donor-republicans https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ftx-founder-sam-bankman... https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/11/ftx-co-ceo-donates-4m-to-republican-pac-ahead-of-midterm-elections/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/11/ftx-co-ceo-donate...
- angrycontrarian 4y ago
  So 0.6% of his overall contributions? Not even a full percent?
  - mikeyouse 4y ago
    His co-president gave over $20M to republicans and some republican congressmen were among his staunchest defenders and were actively trying to prevent the SEC from investigating. It would behoove people to read a little bit about the case before they start pontificating on their pet conspiracy theories. I saw elsewhere you're now claiming that SBF was sleeping with Gensler's niece which is a straight lie as far as I can tell? I think it's just a mistaken reference to Caroline Ellison's dad working in a different department at MIT when Gensler was there? https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/2022?id=U0000004758&type=I&super_only=N&name=Salame%2C+Ryan+D.+%26+Susan https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/20... https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117902080942084 https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117902080942084? https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-sec-chair-ftx-ceo-daughter-679417036876 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-sec-chair-ftx-ceo-daug...
    - SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
      Gave to Republicans that they thought might be friendly to regulation. You know what this is. Don't pretend otherwise.
wishfish 4y ago
He admitted donating to Republican dark money groups. He claims he donated roughly the same amount to conservative causes as he did with Democratic orgs. Plus, another exec in his organization, Ryan Salame, donated $24 million to Republican candidates. Between Sam's dark money donations and Ryan's $24 million, it's possible Republicans received more FTX money than Democrats. I don't know if that's true, but it's possible. https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/29/sam-bankman-fried-political-donations-democrats-republicans-dark-money/ https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/29/sam-bankman-fried-poli... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-politics-ryan-salame-sbf-sam-bankman-fried/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-po...
- angrycontrarian 4y ago
  >claims >it's possible >I don't know if that's true, but it's possible. Sounds an awful lot like a conspiracy theory, my dude.
  - wishfish 4y ago
    If you want to call Sam a liar, be my guest. But it's his claim. Plus the $24 million from Ryan is documented. If Sam isn't lying, then that's 40 million + 24 million = 64 million to Republicans. Which is more than the roughly 40 million to Democrats. All of this is from public information and Sam's claims. Where's the conspiracy theory, my dude?
    - angrycontrarian 4y ago
      We're talking about a major political donor who just defrauded people for billions of dollars, whose parents are extremely well connected to the DNC and have actually written a substantial amount of legislation put forward by Democratic lawmakers, and who was sleeping with the niece of the current head of the SEC who was appointed by Biden. He has every single motivation to lie about this.
      - freejazz 4y ago

> despite having donated to both parties extensively > both He was the second biggest donor to the DNC after George Soros. I'm not aware of any RNC contributions.

nobody9999 4y ago

>I'm not aware of any RNC contributions. Now you are. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-prolific-donor-republicans https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ftx-founder-sam-bankman... https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/11/ftx-co-ceo-donates-4m-to-republican-pac-ahead-of-midterm-elections/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/11/ftx-co-ceo-donate...

angrycontrarian 4y ago
So 0.6% of his overall contributions? Not even a full percent?
- mikeyouse 4y ago
  His co-president gave over $20M to republicans and some republican congressmen were among his staunchest defenders and were actively trying to prevent the SEC from investigating. It would behoove people to read a little bit about the case before they start pontificating on their pet conspiracy theories. I saw elsewhere you're now claiming that SBF was sleeping with Gensler's niece which is a straight lie as far as I can tell? I think it's just a mistaken reference to Caroline Ellison's dad working in a different department at MIT when Gensler was there? https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/2022?id=U0000004758&type=I&super_only=N&name=Salame%2C+Ryan+D.+%26+Susan https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/20... https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117902080942084 https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117902080942084? https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-sec-chair-ftx-ceo-daughter-679417036876 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-sec-chair-ftx-ceo-daug...
  - SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
    Gave to Republicans that they thought might be friendly to regulation. You know what this is. Don't pretend otherwise.

wishfish 4y ago

He admitted donating to Republican dark money groups. He claims he donated roughly the same amount to conservative causes as he did with Democratic orgs. Plus, another exec in his organization, Ryan Salame, donated $24 million to Republican candidates. Between Sam's dark money donations and Ryan's $24 million, it's possible Republicans received more FTX money than Democrats. I don't know if that's true, but it's possible. https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/29/sam-bankman-fried-political-donations-democrats-republicans-dark-money/ https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/29/sam-bankman-fried-poli... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-politics-ryan-salame-sbf-sam-bankman-fried/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-po...

angrycontrarian 4y ago
>claims >it's possible >I don't know if that's true, but it's possible. Sounds an awful lot like a conspiracy theory, my dude.
- wishfish 4y ago
  If you want to call Sam a liar, be my guest. But it's his claim. Plus the $24 million from Ryan is documented. If Sam isn't lying, then that's 40 million + 24 million = 64 million to Republicans. Which is more than the roughly 40 million to Democrats. All of this is from public information and Sam's claims. Where's the conspiracy theory, my dude?
  - angrycontrarian 4y ago
    We're talking about a major political donor who just defrauded people for billions of dollars, whose parents are extremely well connected to the DNC and have actually written a substantial amount of legislation put forward by Democratic lawmakers, and who was sleeping with the niece of the current head of the SEC who was appointed by Biden. He has every single motivation to lie about this.
    - freejazz 4y ago