He donated in roughly equal measure to Democrats and Republicans. But those donations were hidden, he claimed: “Despite Citizens United being literally the hig

He donated in roughly equal measure to Democrats and Republicans. But those donations were hidden, he claimed: “Despite Citizens United being literally the highest-profile Supreme Court case of the decade and the thing everyone talks about with campaign finance, for some reason, in practice, no one can possibly fathom the idea that someone actually gave dark. All my Republican donations were dark.” The reason was cynical, if realistic: “Reporters freak the fuck out if you donate to a Republican,” he told Fong. “They’re all secretly liberal, and I didn’t want to have that fight, so I made all the Republican ones dark.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/sam-bankman-fried-donations-democrat-republican/672368/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/sam-bankma...