prosecutors. the contributions were disguised to look like they were coming from wealthy co-conspirators. they were actually funded by alameda research, another of bankman-fried s companies with stolen customer money according to the feds. democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez called on politicians from both sides of the aisle to return any of that so-called dirty money to customers who were left in the dark without their money. white house press secretary though karine jean-pierre punted multiple times when asked president biden s opinion about sam bankman-fried s political donations citing the hatch act. a rule aimed at keeping campaigns out of the white house. i m covered by the hatch act from here. i m limited to what i can say and i just can t talk to political contributions or anything related to that. i cannot speak about it from here. his opinion. i cannot speak to this from here even his opinion, even his thoughts about the
subject of a report by the state department who accused the jail of being invested with maggots and rats. might that make him pushed to be extradited for the u.s. sooner or maybe for bail to head back to his bahamas estate. celebrities that once supported ftx supported about the future of the crypto industry. listen. we need to get to the bottom of what happened with ftx but we cannot let the collapse cause us to abandon the great promise and potential of crypto. martha, federal prosecutors say same bankman-fried took tens of millions in customer money, turned it around and donated it to republicans and democrats to gain influence on capitol hill. the majority of the money went to democrats. republicans also received some of the money. you can find a good charity out there that could do good with the money, but also you
jail cell after getting denied bail. he is fighting extradition to the u.s. on wired security fraud charges and faces up to one or 15 years in person. that plays out, what about the democrats who took his dirty money? will they give it back? republicans, too, for that matter? bankman-fried was the democrats second-biggest donor, next to george soros. the white house does not seem interested in talking about it. campaign donations that may have come from customer money. i have covered here by the hatch act. anything that is connected to contributions from here, i would have to refer you to the dnc. some democrats are calling for the money to be returned. do you think the should be reader returned to customers and investors as opposed to donating now that he is accused of fraud?
money. these indictments that he committed fraud and conspiracy came down on the same day the securities and exchange commission filed charges against him. claims that he funneled billions into a hedge fund to bank role lavish expenses and more. we charge that bankman-fried violated campaign finance laws by causing tens of millions in illegal campaign contributions to be made to candidates and committees associated with both democrats and republicans. these contributions were disguised to look like they were coming from wealthy co-conspirators when, in fact, they were funded by alameda research with stolen customer money. here is cnn s kara scannell and senior legal analyst elie hoenig. elie prosecuted the criminal case. we ll lean on that expertise in
could be turning on her. after bankman-fried suggested she might be blamed for a missing $8 billion in customer money, caroline ellison could be suggesting she is willing to flip with the hiring of the law firm. what is your response? no question about it. let me say right now for the eight counts are conspiracy. a network of people working together to defraud and all these committed crimes. i guarantee you for these charges to be filed or under seal and now released, i guarantee you that some of these individuals, his girlfriend might be working with the fed. i guarantee you that in order to get some form of exoneration from this there is going to be cooperation from so-called his inner circle. his girlfriend is possibly one of them. i also believe he has a laundry list of star-studded witnesses that he can rely on. it is a definitely a destruction