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by red-iron-pine 809 days ago
why would Biden do that? plenty of his guys got burned by crypto, and the democratic donations are soaring due to DJT's continued proto-fascistic behavior, not via SBF or his family's efforts.

it's like saying Trump could pardon him on the way in -- and might
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philwelch 809 days ago
Google Marc Rich. Politicians take care of the people who take care of them.
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mikeyouse 809 days ago
Or Charles Kushner or Paul Manafort or Roger Stone or Conrad Black or Steve Bannon or Elliott Broidy..
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dragonwriter 809 days ago
> it's like saying Trump could pardon him on the way in

That is more likely than a Biden pardon: Trump in his first term was big on pardoning both financial criminals and people involved in political corruption on both sides of the aisle, and SBF is both a financial criminal and someone involved in political corruption (on both sides of the aisle, even), so he is something of an ideal Trump pardon candidate.

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harambae 809 days ago
> That is more likely than a Biden pardon

Since SBF publicly despised Trump, donated vast sum to his opponents, and tried to architect Trump not being president I'd say that's less likely.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sbf-wanted-tom-brady-to-run-...

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xdavidliu 809 days ago
I read in the Michael Lewis book that at one point SBF was floating the idea of paying Trump not to run, and asked around for what a reasonable number would be, and figured it would be around 50 billion
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carom 809 days ago
He was one of Biden's biggest donors and generally supports democrats.

>Bankman-Fried’s largest donations were $27 million to his own super PAC, which supported Democratic candidates, and $6 million to a PAC that helps elect Democrats to the U.S. House. Bankman-Fried also gave the maximum $5,800 each to support dozens of candidates, mostly Democrats.

>President Joe Biden’s 2020 run for president was one of the major beneficiaries of Bankman-Fried’s donations. Bankman-Fried gave $5 million to a PAC that supported President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, $50,000 to Biden Victory Fund, and $2,800 directly to Biden for President.

1. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/16/ftx-...

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