by Morgan Phillips at Daily Mail
- Lawmakers from both parties are washing their hands of donations from disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried amid arrest in Bahamas on Tuesday
- Just months ago, Bankman-Fried was touted as the next George Soros, second only to the famed liberal donor in contributions to Democrats in 2022
- Prosecutors now claim Bankman-Fried tried to bilk investors out of more than $1.8 billion and used customer funds to make illegal political donations
- Bankman-Fried publicly donated some $46.5 million in the 2022 election cycle, with all but about $240,000 going to Democrats
- He says he donated an almost equal amount to Republicans but did so through dark money channels so reporters wouldn’t ‘freak the f*** out’
Lawmakers from both parties are washing their hands of donations from disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried amid his arrest in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
Just months ago, Bankman-Fried was touted as the next George Soros, second only to the famed liberal donor in contributions to Democrats in 2022.
The 30-year-old founder of crypto exchange FTX now faces eight charges for financial crimes, including campaign finance violation, conspiracy and wire fraud.
Prosecutors now claim Bankman-Fried tried to bilk investors out of more than $1.8 billion and used customer funds to make illegal political donations to 52 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 50 Democrat-affiliated groups, three nonpartisan and three conservative groups.
While Bankman-Fried’s donations filed with the FEC skew heavily Democratic,…
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