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The vast vast majority was to Democrats though. Unbelievable pilpul.
by ffwacom 4y ago
The vast vast majority was to Democrats though. Unbelievable pilpul.
- jasonhansel 4y agoHe said that he donated roughly equal amounts to both parties, as stated in the article.
- ffwacom 4y agoYeah, just conveniently they were ‘dark’, so can’t be substantiated.
- jafo 4y agoHow are 'dark' donations not afoul of campaign finance laws?? Or is this just another SBF lie?
- rhaway84773 4y agoCitizens United. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
- hotpotamus 4y agoIt's some Supreme Court interpretation of free speech plus legislation. I remember Al Franken talking about this a bit in the context of a law requiring disclosure that he supported but was not successful. Looks like the dynamic hasn't changed much since he talked about it. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-make-remarks-tuesday-election-transparency-bill-2022-09-20/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-make-remarks-tuesday-...
- jasonhansel 4y agoWhy would he be lying about this?
- nverno 4y agoIt seems like a potential way to derail criticism coming from Republicans, doesn't it? Or perhaps make them look shady- this guy is an adept social engineer, after all
- listenallyall 4y agoBecause his Democratic friends told him to. They want to remove the label "Major Democratic Donor" from all of SBF's negative press. How do you not see something so obvious?
- jasonhansel 4y agoDo you think that this article (the OP) qualifies as positive press? I don't even think any Republicans have changed their minds.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoIt is for the political party that controls the DoJ and other federal prosecuting agencies.
- regpertom 4y agoIf those Republicans were chosen because of their anti-Trump or other pro-Democrac stances then he was funding enemies of his enemies.