Hacker News Reader

Will his political donors have to give back the donations?

He is the donor. And, no, recipients of legal donations don’t have to give them back because they came from a bad person. (The illegal donations he seems to have admitted to might have to be given up, but that’s a separate legal issue.)

Not a lawyer but it does sound like any of the donations could be considered "not legal" would be "clawbacked".

https://www.google.com/search?q=sbf+political+donations+claw...

Well, yes, bankruptcy clawbacks are another issue on top of both the criminal forfeiture discussed upthread and the campaign finance issue I raised in response.

"The illegal donations he seems to have admitted to..."

Source?

Here’s discussion of the complaint based on his admission:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/08/ftx-ceo-sam-bankman-fried-hi...

Count eight of the indictment also seems related, but its not a “speaking” indictment, so its not super clear.

He’s done a lot of ill advised Spaces, I’m sure it’s in one of those.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com