$14 Million of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Political Donations Has Been Recovered — and Democrats Pulled in the Majority of the Crypto Cash

A new filing in bankruptcy court sheds light on the erstwhile mogul’s political clout.

AP/John Minchillo
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court at New York in February 2023. AP/John Minchillo

The disclosure out of Delaware bankruptcy court this week that about $14 million of the donations that the convicted crypto king, Sam Bankman-Fried, made to politicians — mainly Democrats — has been recovered underscores the political stakes of his criminal case.  

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