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Sam Bankman-Fried seeks Trump pardon (ft.com)
9 points by root-parent 12 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments
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Related discussion, flagged for some reason: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449262

>For the 2020 U.S. elections, he contributed $5.2 million to two super PACs that supported the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[157] Bankman-Fried was the second-largest individual donor to Biden in the 2020 election cycle,[158] after Michael Bloomberg.[59][159]

>Bankman-Fried was the second-largest individual donor to Democratic causes for the 2022 U.S. elections, with total donations of $39.8 million, only behind George Soros,[164][165][166]

yeah, fat chance, lol. if he still had the money, then maybe, but he doesn't. for Trump, it'd bad press for nothing.


It was Ryan Salame's job to donate to the Republicans. They had their bases covered.


Well I can hope he doesn't get out right ...



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