Democrats who took campaign donations from crooked cryptocurrency exchange FTX will have to return the money, the attorney put in place to sort out the company’s finances warned.
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is facing charges that could put him behind bars for life, was the Democrats’ second-biggest donor in the 2022 election cycle, dropping $40 million on their campaigns. New FTX boss John Jay Ray III, who successfully clawed back millions of dollars for victims of the early 2000s Enron collapse, signaled he will go after the funds in his effort to make FTX victims whole.
Among the recipients of Bankman-Fried’s largesse were incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, senators Cory Booker, of New Jersey; Joe Manchin, of West Virginia; Debbie Stabenow, of Michigan; Dick Durbin, of Illinois; and Patty Murray, of Washington.
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I wonder if Bankman-Fried will be Epsteined?
I heard toilet paper nooses in jail are dangerious things!
They'll give the money to charity so they can claim it on their tax returns.
De"mock"rats giving money back - don't make me laugh!
You nailed it