Posted on 01/25/2023 1:18:54 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Failed Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke has claimed that he returned a $1 million donation from disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried; however, it appears that he did not return all of the money, according to a report.
A spokesman for O’Rourke said in November that the campaign returned the “unsolicited” $1 million donation Bankman-Fried gave the Texas Democrat in October. An O’Rourke spokesman said that the refund was issued prior to FTX’s bankruptcy and the discovery of Bankman-Fried’s reportedly illegal business practices.
However, the Washington Free Beacon found that the O’Rourke team did not return all of the money:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Is he too dumb to have a “charity” through which he can launder the money the way the other crooks did?
Oh. Is this a surprise to anybody? My gut tells me that he isn’t the only grifter out there who kept that dirty money.
Beto: I needed the money to carry on my fight against private gun ownership and freedom of expression for right wing hate speech.
He’s part of a billionaire family, too.
It's a payoff from a fund of money stolen from others.
>An O’Rourke spokesman said that the refund was issued prior to FTX’s bankruptcy and the discovery of Bankman-Fried’s reportedly illegal business practices.
Forewarned.
You mean Beatoff is a fraud?
Put this grifter in jail without a trial or charges.
The first rule of Acquisition: nce you have their money, you never give it back.
But O’Rourke’s latest campaign filing contradicts those assurances. In a report last week, the campaign disclosed a $900,000 refund to Bankman-Fried on Nov. 4. The campaign said it is holding on to the other $100,000 pending the outcome of the investigation of Bankman-Fried, who has been charged with campaign finance violations and fraud related to his cryptocurrency firm, FTX. [Emphasis added]
The O’Rourke campaign said it will place the money in a fund for “victims of FTX’s collapse.” It is not clear why the campaign only reserved part of the donation for victims. And the pledge contradicts the campaign’s initial claim that it received and returned Bankman-Fried’s donation before news broke of his wrongdoing. FTX declared bankruptcy on Nov. 11.
Mexican Bob rides again!
$100k? That, there is what Madoff victims call a “claw back”.
10% for the fake hispanic guy?
He keeps luring the Progressive suckers in. He gets millions for his losing runs, hires all his jerk-water friends, and keeps the rest.
Bkmk
And I'm sure that O'Rourke thinks of himself as a victim of FTX's collapse.
-PJ
Shouldn’t he be getting ready for his next campaign?
I think the El Paso county dog catcher election is soon.
10% for the little guy.
Whatever happened to the 2bill from the CA powerball, isnt it still unclaimed?
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