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jasonhansel

He said that he donated roughly equal amounts to both parties, as stated in the article.

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Yeah, just conveniently they were ‘dark’, so can’t be substantiated.

How are 'dark' donations not afoul of campaign finance laws??

Or is this just another SBF lie?

Citizens United.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

It's some Supreme Court interpretation of free speech plus legislation. I remember Al Franken talking about this a bit in the context of a law requiring disclosure that he supported but was not successful.

Looks like the dynamic hasn't changed much since he talked about it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-make-remarks-tuesday-...

Why would he be lying about this?

It seems like a potential way to derail criticism coming from Republicans, doesn't it? Or perhaps make them look shady- this guy is an adept social engineer, after all

Because his Democratic friends told him to. They want to remove the label "Major Democratic Donor" from all of SBF's negative press. How do you not see something so obvious?

Do you think that this article (the OP) qualifies as positive press? I don't even think any Republicans have changed their minds.

It is for the political party that controls the DoJ and other federal prosecuting agencies.

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