Why big-time politicians are surrendering gobs of campaign cash to an unlikely source

More than 30 federal political candidates and party committees have together surrendered at least $160,000 worth of donor dollars to the U.S. RELATED ARTICLE: Beto O’Rourke returned $1 million check from FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Raw Story’s review of the FEC filings indicated that of the political committees to unload money to the Marshals Service, Salame contributed to 15, Bankman-Fried to six and Singh to five. Emphasizing that she was speculating, Ann Ravel, a Democrat and former FEC chairwoman who served from 2013 to 2017, said, “I've never seen anything like this, and maybe they think because they can't rely on people doing what they're supposed to do, that they need more active campaign finance enforcers.” Raw Story contacted each political committee that disgorged money to the Marshals Service between January, when the phenomenon first began, and late March, when most disgorgements took place. Marshals: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — $36,500 Republican National Committee — $25,000 Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse — $5,800 Rep. Mike Simpson — $5,800 Former Rep. Lee Zeldin Campaign Fund — $5,800 Sen. Maggie Hassan — $5,800 Sen. John Boozman — $5,800 Rep. Ruben Gallego — $5,800 Rep. Eli Crane — $2,900 Rep. Larry Bucshon — $2,900 Rep. Chuck Edwards — $2,900 Rep. Alex Mooney — $2,900 Rep. Julia Letlow — $2,900 Rep. Greg Casar — $2,900 Rep. Salud Carbajal — $2,900 Rep. Jeff Duncan — $2,900 Rep. Dan Crenshaw — $2,900 Rep. Morgan Griffith — $2,900 Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost — $2,900 Rep. Bill Johnson — $2,900 Rep. John Moolenaar — $2,900 Rep. Joyce Beatty — $2,900 Rep. Kay Granger — $2,900 Sen. Tim Scott Presidential Exploratory Committee — $2,900 Rep. Gary Palmer — $2,900 Rep. Buddy Carter — $2,900 Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart — $2,900 Rep. Kathy Castor — $2,900 Rep. Sean Casten — $2,700 Athena Pac — $2,500 Axne PAC — $1,618