Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023
we have weird fucking zealots steering the lobotomized husk of what used to be semi-coherent federal governance [embedded post] Ryan Mac / @rmac : So is the federal government just going to start inve...
In a Tucker Carlson interview, Sam Bankman-Fried says he was becoming closer to the GOP in the lead-up to his arrest and that played a role in his sentencing
where Luigi Mangione is also being held Bluesky: Dotto / @idott : I can haz pardon? Bernie Michalik / @berniemichalik.ca : I think I'm going to have to start a website called: isSBFstillLockddUp.fyi [...
A judge denies Philadelphia DA's emergency injunction request aiming to bring a halt to the $1M/day giveaway by Elon Musk's America PAC ahead of the US election
“The $1 million recipients are not chosen by chance,” Gober said Monday. “We know exactly who will be announced as the $1 million recipient today and tomorrow.” Lora Kolodny / @lorakolodny : What if ...
A US judge sentences former FTX executive Ryan Salame to 7.5 years after he pled guilty to criminal charges over political contributions and more in 2023
But He Can Keep His Porsche X: Ryan Salame / @rsalame7926 : @eigenfxn ... I didn't steal shit, the government and all the cooperating witnesses said I didn't. Ryan Salame / @rsalame7926 : hot damn, th...
Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas” to improve his image, including going on Tucker Carlson and coming out “against the woke agenda”
Bloomberg Brian Mutembei / The Crypto Times : Sam Bankman-Fried's Image Restoration Strategy Revealed Zack Abrams / The Block : Sam Bankman-Fried considered blaming lawyers, “woke agenda” to protect i...
US v. SBF: Nishad Singh says SBF used customer funds for spending sprees that “reeked of excess” and he learned of an $8B hole two months before FTX collapsed
before it all crashed Luc Cohen / Reuters : Sam Bankman-Fried directed political donations despite $13 bln ‘hole’, ex-colleague testified Michael Grullon / Watcher Guru : FTX Trial: SBF Used Stolen Fu...
In five hours of cross-examination, SBF's lawyer did not elicit any revelations or inconsistencies from Caroline Ellison, who said SBF made “terrible mistakes”
because SBF had over $10 billion in assets in FTX equity. Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer : But shortly before 3 p.m., Caroline Ellison left the courtroom. She did not make any eye contact with Sam....
US v. SBF: Caroline Ellison says SBF asked her to make false balance sheets to hide debt, he considered offering FTX shares to the Saudi crown prince, and more
Caroline testified that SBF ordered her to use FTX customer funds to cover up for Alameda's losses — and to lie to lenders about it. She was in a “constant state of dread” about the looming liquidity...
In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers' funds
The Bahamas won't like that. https://twitter.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : NEW: SBF “selected CC-1” to give a straw donation of “at least $1M to a super PAC” that was “affiliated with pro-LGB...
Sam Bankman-Fried publishes a Substack post offering his account of how FTX collapsed, sticking to his claims of innocence even after ex-executives pled guilty
think there shouldn't be a paying option anymore... Dave Weisberger / @daveweisberger1 : https://www.wsj.com/... It is tiresome to read SBF's half truths. 1/ His claims about Binance are ludicrous. Th...