Bitcoin may be surging to new heights this week, but some Democrats are likely cursing cryptocurrency. The Democratic National Committee and an associated joint fundraising committee surrendered $765,000 from a convicted crypto executive to a federal agency best known for hunting suspected criminals, according to a Raw Story review of federal campaign finance records. RELATED ARTICLE: Why big-time politicians are …
A government agency best known for hunting down federal fugitives has become wildly successful at capturing another kind of target — money from political campaigns. Raw Story first reported in April that the Department of Justice sent a letter about Bankman-Fried allegedly making fraudulent political donations to members of Congress’ campaign committees. RELATED ARTICLE: Why big-time politicians are surrendering gobs …
Money keeps pouring into the U.S. Marshals — an extraordinary development with almost no precedent in politics — stem from the Department of Justice urging politicians to return contributions made by FTX executives, including Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s former CEO. These letters seem to indicate the DOJ taking a harder stance on campaigns taking money from suspected criminals — and …
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 …
