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Troubled crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried, who lost $15B in a week, funneled millions to Dems, far-left causes
Fox News ^ | Joe Schoffstall, Thomas Catenacci

Posted on 11/12/2022 12:26:18 PM PST by NoLibZone

Sam Bankman-Fried, the now-bankrupt founder of crypto exchange FTX, is a prolific donor of Democratic candidates and liberal causes, and infused at least $38 million into left-wing groups during the 2022 election cycle.

Bankman-Fried was the second-largest contributor to Democratic-affiliated political action committees (PAC) and organizations, behind only liberal financial magnate George Soros, who donated nearly $127 million during the midterm cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) data. However, the collapse of FTX this week has called into question Bankman-Fried's finances.

A full-fledged liquidity crisis forced FTX to file for bankruptcy Friday, and Bankman-Fried's wealth, which was estimated to be $15.6 billion earlier this week, has sharply plummeted, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The index currently estimates Bankman-Fried has no material wealth.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; cryptocurrency; ftx; ftxcryptoexchange; ftxfundeddnc; sambankmanfried; sbf
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I wonder if the FTX exchange was a DNC party funding op.

They stole billions of dollars from investors and funneled the money to DNC campaigns.

See also Elizabeth Holmes

1 posted on 11/12/2022 12:26:18 PM PST by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

Corruptocrats lose money. Who knows where it goes?


2 posted on 11/12/2022 12:27:40 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: NoLibZone

FTX was basically a front for embezzlement wouldn’t surprise me if this guy gets jail time and takes the fall for his buddies


3 posted on 11/12/2022 12:28:26 PM PST by Lod881019
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To: NoLibZone

At some point you have to wonder when the deep-state will simply stop bothering with elections altogether.

Its really just an unnecessary and time-consuming exercise


4 posted on 11/12/2022 12:33:09 PM PST by PGR88
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To: NoLibZone

Great news


5 posted on 11/12/2022 12:34:38 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: Lod881019

Much like the art world where items are bought and sold in secrecy and the item never really changes hands.


6 posted on 11/12/2022 12:34:57 PM PST by LukeL
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To: NoLibZone

Did Ukraine put any donations in with (invest) this MIT educated vegan goofball? As I have read. Send me a link if you have one.


7 posted on 11/12/2022 12:37:20 PM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: NoLibZone

The old fart has no material brain. Just a yearning for scamming people.


8 posted on 11/12/2022 12:41:25 PM PST by healy61
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To: dennisw

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/14/ukraine-partners-with-ftx-everstake-to-launch-new-crypto-donation-website/


9 posted on 11/12/2022 12:41:46 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: NoLibZone

I bet the FIB is right on top of this,


10 posted on 11/12/2022 12:43:13 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: dennisw

Here ya go. Zelensky was all in:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4108540/posts


11 posted on 11/12/2022 12:43:45 PM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dennisw

A bankruptcy case may allow for full explication of the political funding angle. I always tell my clients not to take that step lightly. You enter the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy courts and the USTP (US Trustee Program - a division of the DOJ) will examine your financial history with a microscope. Often times when you see a business headed for bankruptcy that chooses receivership instead, it is to avoid this scrutiny. In a situation like this - with the bottom falling out, they may not have had the time to choose otherwise - I look forward to what is dredged up and made public.


12 posted on 11/12/2022 12:44:45 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Lod881019

Hand him a rifle and put him on the eastern front.


13 posted on 11/12/2022 12:45:03 PM PST by fretzer
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To: NoLibZone

Criminals are a core constituency of the Democrat Party.


14 posted on 11/12/2022 12:50:00 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: NoLibZone

I hope the far-left causes lost money, too.


15 posted on 11/12/2022 12:52:19 PM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: NoLibZone
Steal $2 million you go to prison.

Steal $2 billion and they give you honorary doctorate degrees and hold Beltway cocktail parties in your honor.

16 posted on 11/12/2022 12:54:45 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Thanks! Bankruptcy courts are highly variable across America. In some NE cities it’s a big (connected) club of judges, lawyers, court personnel. You go there and your (connected) lawyer will be negotiating with them all. You might be put on the hook for a case of Scotch every Christmas for your judge. For the next 20 years or until he croaks.


17 posted on 11/12/2022 12:59:06 PM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: NoLibZone

Figures.


18 posted on 11/12/2022 1:00:48 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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To: fretzer

“Hand him a rifle and put him on the eastern front.”

Hogans Heroes.


19 posted on 11/12/2022 1:00:59 PM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: Eleutheria5

Them crypto Jews gotta stop ripping off the Goyim :)


20 posted on 11/12/2022 1:02:37 PM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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