The DOJ charged SBF with violating campaign finance laws, creating a showdown over what could be the biggest recent illegal infusion of money in US politics
Sam Bankman-Fried, the second biggest Democratic donor in the 2022 election cycle, is charged with violating campaign finance laws …
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Discussion
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@dlauer
Dave Lauer
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SDNY indictment against SBF has been unsealed. He's being charged with wire fraud and several conspiracies to commit: wire, commodities and securities fraud along with money laundering. Also campaign finance violations. They're throwing the book at him. https://www.docdroid.net/.…
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@thestalwart
Joe Weisenthal
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What I don't get about this is, wasn't Maxine Waters the one who scheduled the hearing? Like if Democrats didn't want him answering questions... why hold the hearing? https://twitter.com/...
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@spwells
Spencer Wells
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the second biggest Democratic donor in the 2022 election cycle, is charged with violating campaign finance laws, in what could be the biggest infusion of illegal corporate money into US politics in decades 💰🗳🇺🇸 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@jerrydunleavy
@jerrydunleavy
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DOJ says SBF made millions of dollars in political contributions funded by Alameda Research before 2022's election, concealing the source and evading campaign finance limits & reporting rules by falsely making the contributions in the names of co-conspirators instead of his own. …
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@advisercounsel
Max Schatzow
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The politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, and commissioners that got really friendly with the industry aren't going to be sleeping so well as SDNY investigates. https://twitter.com/...
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@kenvogel
Kenneth P. Vogel
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The @SECGov complaint vs @SBF_FTX fleshes out the campaign finance charges a bit, accusing him of improperly diverting customer money to Alameda, then using the $ to make political donations. i.e. using $ he stolen from FTX customers to fund donations. https://www.documentcloud.o…
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@pearkes
George Pearkes
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Here are the scant details on the SBF campaign finance law violations, which IMO are the most interesting part of the overall indictment. https://twitter.com/...
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@mtredden
Molly Redden
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The SDNY indictment of SBF accuses him of campaign finance violations without going into much detail. But SBF recently claimed he funneled tens of millions to GOP campaigns in secret—here's why that might be illegal. https://www.huffpost.com/...
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@jim_edwards
Jim Edwards
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In addition to the expected charges of fraud and money-laundering, SBF has also been charged with campaign finance violations, triggered by all the political donations he made. SBF lied about who was actually making the donations, the indictment says: https://twitter.com/...
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@ericliptonnyt
Eric Lipton
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DOJ announces more charges against SBF. Include campaign finance violations. https://twitter.com/...
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@advisercounsel
Max Schatzow
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It is funny that SBF so freely incriminated himself on this criminal campaign finance charge and guaranteed himself at least 5 years in federal prison. https://twitter.com/...
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@anthony
Anthony DeRosa
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Details on campaign finance law violations by SBF >>> https://www.docdroid.net/... https://twitter.com/...