Key Takeaways
Various political organizations belonging to the Democratic Party have announced they would return Sam Bankman-Fried’s donations.
At least $9.85 million will be sent back by the Senate Majority PAC, the House Majority PAC, the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Bankman-Fried is thought to have contributed more than $46.5 million to political campaigns in the last few years.
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One by one, U.S. political groups are announcing they will return the millions Sam Bankman-Fried donated to them.
Sending Back the Money
The U.S. political system is still dealing with the fallout of the FTX fraud.
According to CNBC, the pro-Democratic Senate Majority PAC announced today that it would seek to return $3 million in donations from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh. Another political action committee, the House Majority PAC, has also declared its intention of returning the $6 million Bankman-Fried donated to it.
The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced four days ago their intention to return the $815,000 in contributions they have received from Bankman-Fried in the last few years.
According to Washington-based non-profit organization OpenSecrets.org, Bankman-Fried’s donations in the last two years reached a total of $46.5 million. That number could possibly be higher, if the SDNY’s allegations that he made political contributions under other people’s names turn out to be true.
Bankman-Fried and the FTX group had contributed millions towards other organizations aligned with the Democratic Party. OpenSecrets claims that Protect Our Future received $27 million from the FTX group, while the House Majority PAC got $6 million, Future Forward USA $5 million, America United $1.3 million, and the Senate Majority PAC $1 million. Texan political candidate Beto O’Rourke was given $1 million as well, while the crypto political organization GMI PAC received a $2 million donation. CNBC’s report indicates that the Senate Majority PAC received its extra $2 million from Singh personally.
Disclaimer: At the time of writing, the author of this piece owned BTC, ETH, and several other crypto assets.
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