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>I'm not aware of any RNC contributions.

Now you are.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ftx-founder-sam-bankman...

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/11/ftx-co-ceo-donate...

So 0.6% of his overall contributions? Not even a full percent?

His co-president gave over $20M to republicans and some republican congressmen were among his staunchest defenders and were actively trying to prevent the SEC from investigating. It would behoove people to read a little bit about the case before they start pontificating on their pet conspiracy theories.

I saw elsewhere you're now claiming that SBF was sleeping with Gensler's niece which is a straight lie as far as I can tell? I think it's just a mistaken reference to Caroline Ellison's dad working in a different department at MIT when Gensler was there?

https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/20...

https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117902080942084?

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-sec-chair-ftx-ceo-daug...

Gave to Republicans that they thought might be friendly to regulation.

You know what this is. Don't pretend otherwise.

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