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SBF himself said he donated the same to Republicans but did it secretly through dark money thanks to Citizens United because he thought Reporters would like him better

in other words thanks to Citizens United we have no idea who is funding US political campaigns, and that is by design. So people looking at the open records are only seeing the tip of the iceberg

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> he thought Reporters would like him better

He thought right. If there’s one takeaway from this whole debacle, I hope people realize that the mainstream media is inherently dishonest and there’s no reason to trust them by default.

I think the one takeaway might be that Crypto people sre dishonest. The Media didn't fleece their customers out of billions of dollars.

You happen to have a source for that? I have heard that before but no one has been able to back it up.

The source is SBF himself, in an interview with Tiffany Fong (covered by Coffeezilla):

https://youtu.be/0rL35_WV3lE?t=77

He said he donated about the same to both parties, with the Republican donations hidden as dark money.

> He said he donated about the same to both parties, with the Republican donations hidden as dark money.

And he allegedly did so that he could get credit for supporting Democrats, which is incredibly cynical and undermines his "innocent kid in over his head" story.

Thank you very much

Coffeezilla also points out that SBF is consistently lying about almost everything, and there is no evidence to support this claim beyond "this is what he says".

I'm not saying he did or didn't, just that the source is ehhhhh.

Yeah I’d want to see some receipts before believing anything SBF says, especially if he thinks it is something that by saying may remove some heat from him or his friends.

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