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SBF says that he donated to Democrats publicly and to Republicans through some kind of back channels. He says he did it this way because he didn’t want the medi
by kweingar 4y ago
SBF says that he donated to Democrats publicly and to Republicans through some kind of back channels. He says he did it this way because he didn’t want the media scrutiny that might result from donating to Republicans.
Many commenters believe that SBF is lying about donating to Republicans. They say he is telling this lie because he has corrupted Democrats and wants to hide it, presumably to help him avoid punishment.
There is a straightforward way to resolve this: look at how Republicans behave. If SBF is lying, then Republicans are incentivized to make a lot of noise about his relationship with Democrats. If he is telling the truth, then you would expect Republicans not to sound the alarm on his Democratic donations, in case evidence comes out that he also gave to Republicans.
- cma 4y agoSalame openly donated half as much to republicans and supposedly additional through super PACs. Maybe more important is the Bahamian side, he let leveraged users there draw out before people who were supposed to be fully backed in non-margin/futures accounts and explicitly said it was to ease the regulatory side of things.
- boomboomsubban 4y ago>SBF is lying, then Republicans are incentivized to make a lot of noise about his relationship with Democrats. Purely from his Wikipedia article, someone is making a lot of noise about his relationships with Democrats. More of the page is devoted to his political donations than to the bankruptcy. Not quite the same, your regular Republican could be behind the edits and has no idea what their party leaders are up to.
- factsarelolz 4y ago
- yucky 4y agoHis financial records should be under heavy scrutiny, I'm sure we'll get the specifics soon. And if we don't, then we know he was lying.