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Sam Bankman-Fried considered paying Trump $5 billion not to run for president, Michael Lewis tells "60 Minutes"
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| 02 October 2023
| MacKenzie Sigalos
Posted on 10/02/2023 1:31:01 PM PDT by zeestephen
"Sam's thinking, We could pay Donald Trump not to run for president. Like, how much would it take?" Lewis said. "He did get an answer. He was floated - there was a number that was kicking around. And the number that was kicking around when I was talking to Sam about this was $5 billion. Sam was not sure that number came directly from Trump."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: crypto; desperate; donate2trump; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; fried; ftx
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To: zeestephen
Influencing a presidential candidate. Which is supposed to be illegal, last time I checked.
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posted on
10/02/2023 1:34:53 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: zeestephen
Probably would have tried to pay in crypto.
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posted on
10/02/2023 1:41:17 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: zeestephen
I sure hope someone in the prison makes things right with this guy
To: glorgau
crypto is what they had plenty of.
Off topic, but how did Carol Ellison’s Alameda manage to lose $4 billion trading?
To: zeestephen
BS. This guy gave all his money to Dems and Leftist Superpacs
You can look him up on Open Secrets
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posted on
10/02/2023 1:44:38 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
To: zeestephen
Fried is eager to convince Trump to do anything since he is using other people money.
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posted on
10/02/2023 1:45:08 PM PDT
by
chopperk
To: No name given
"Influencing a presidential candidate. Which is supposed to be illegal, last time I checked."
I'd call it bribery. They'd arrest and charge Trump, even though he would have refused the offer, and let Fried off.
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posted on
10/02/2023 1:54:19 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: zeestephen
That guy needs to be locked up somewhere ha has no access to the internet and given some kind of daily job like cleaning urinals in a large prison.
To: zeestephen
That sounds like a bribe.
Either way you could get in prison very quickly...unless you are a Biden.
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posted on
10/02/2023 1:57:59 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: zeestephen
To: No name given
Well, if they were trying to get him not to run, he probably wasn’t a candidate at that point.
To: zeestephen
Trump would not accept. At this point in his life it’s not about money. It’s about legacy and he wants to leave a good one.
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posted on
10/02/2023 2:13:19 PM PDT
by
LeoTDB69
To: LeoTDB69
He’s doing a great job at that.
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posted on
10/02/2023 2:15:09 PM PDT
by
Fuzz
(. )
To: zeestephen
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posted on
10/02/2023 2:27:45 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: zeestephen
DeSantis would have sold out. President Trump does not need to. I love it!
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posted on
10/02/2023 2:29:49 PM PDT
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
To: LeoWindhorse
The Democrats will have him killed
He knows too much (just like Seth Rich)
Bill Clinton was involved with him (SBF, just like Jeffrey Epstein)
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posted on
10/02/2023 2:35:07 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Pearls Before Swine
“Off topic, but how did Carol Ellison’s Alameda manage to lose $4 billion trading?”
actually, Caroline Ellison ...
she lost billions by making insane bets of insane size on price movements of shitcoins, and betting wrong! ... and then doubling down to try to make up the losses, and naturally failing like all degenerate gamblers ... that’s how ... Ellison has publicly admitted she really had no idea what she was doing ...
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posted on
10/02/2023 2:46:29 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
To: MNJohnnie
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, made over $40 million in political donations in the 2022 election cycle, according to a CBS News review of Federal Elections Commission (FEC) campaign finance data. One federal charge levied against Bankman-Fried alleges that he and allies made political donations under other people's names, which would be a campaign finance violation. FTX's official PAC, "West Realm Shire Services,"
gave $1 million to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund, as well as $750,000 to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's Congressional Leadership Fund. Bankman-Fried has claimed that he gave just as much in dark money to the GOP as he did in registered giving to Democrats, but the details of that dark money still haven't come to light.
Uhh … What’s Going to Happen to All That Money Sam Bankman-Fried Gave Politicians?
POLITICS Sam Bankman-Fried donated over $40 million in the 2022 election cycle. Where did it go?
To: zeestephen
Ridiculous. That is so illegal.
This guy is trying to sell a book.
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posted on
10/02/2023 3:16:23 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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