SBF Accused Of Massive Campaign Finance Violations

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A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.

We learned back in December that Sam Bankman-Fried was accused of more than just crypto-related scamming. A single count of the original indictment alleged significant campaign finance violations. But a superseding indictment publicly released yesterday offered considerable new detail about that aspect of the case, including the use of straw donors and corporate funds.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1449178
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FiRST!

HabeaS DORcas

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The weirdness of Pence’s posture is it might work in a trump judge’s courtroom.

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:poop: ThURD!

Nothing says confidence and enthusiasm for the legal process like when an attorney sues the client. I wonder which legal firm Bannon will stiff next?

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Cats

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is taking on the Department of Justice in his bankruptcy proceedings following court-ordered debts of $1.5bn in damages to relatives of victims in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. However, the real stoush, it appears, seems to be over his pet cat. Last week, details of Jones’ finances were released in a Texas bankruptcy court which revealed that despite filing for bankruptcy in December last year he still manages to spend almost $100,000 a month and has $10m in assets. Among those spendings, it was noted, was a cat. On Thursday night, Jones’ wife, Erika Wulff Jones, posted a video airing his grievances over the Department of Justice’s alleged questions surrounding the feline during a bankruptcy hearing. The cat, we now know, is a ragdoll breed called Mushu, and was named by Jones’ daughter two years ago. Mushu is seen cradling Jones as he says, “OK, so this is not a joke, this is real and it really happened.” “They spent probably five minutes of the meeting that was over 3 hours long, on my cat. They wanted to know if assets were hidden in the cat.” Jones admitted the cat cost $2,000 but “we really do love it” and the DOJ was “very serious about the cat and its value and they may want the cat for Sandy Hook families.” Jones described the DOJ’s questioning over the cat as “harrassment” and said “the deal’s broke, you aren’t getting the cat. This is next level.” Jones questioned: “What? You want my children next? You want to sacrifice my children or something?” Jones alleged the DOJ were questioning him over the value of the cat “to stir me up. It makes me really upset for this country. Now they want my cat. The line in the sand is, you cannot have my cat.”

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IS thiS EVen FeasiBLE anatomicaLLY speaking?

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Why do I think of “a little dog named Checkers”?

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The Hill reports:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday said that she plans to introduce a bill to force an audit of the billions of dollars in aid that the U.S. has sent to Ukraine in its now year-long war with Russia.

“It’s going to force Congress to give the American people an audit,” Greene said in an interview on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Thursday. “And that is exactly what the American people need, an audit of Ukraine, because we have no idea where all this money’s going.”

The Georgia Republican noted that she introduced the same resolution in the last Congress and secured complete Republican support. However, the GOP did not have a majority in the House at the time.

https://twitter.com/DashDobrofsky/status/1628927787305406464

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While we’re on the subject of paintings …

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OMG I agree with pillow man!!!
‘Like a cover-up’: Mike Lindell says he will sue Kevin McCarthy for sharing January 6th footage with Fox News - Alternet.org

, Lindell revealed that he intends to sue McCarthy to gain access to what he believes is evidence that will vindicate him.

“Why does just Fox get this? So they can cover it up even more? It’s disgusting,” he continued. "All of us, including War Room , we all need to see what’s on those tapes and we need to see all of them.

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We have the idiot

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trump again…
This article says there were classified documents at Bedminster that trump was “retrieving” while the FBI was searching and seizing dozens of boxes of stuff at Mar-a-Lago last August. Bedminster has yet to be searched under a warrant.

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That was an interesting read about the junior aide and her box of classified documents. I hope Special Counsel Jack Smith still brings her to DC so she can sit in front of one or both Grand Juries. While he is at it, I am sure the other aide, Molly Michael, has a story to tell.

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We learned back in December that Sam Bankman-Fried was accused of more than just crypto-related scamming…

The new information makes this one of the largest campaign finance cases in recent decades.

I can’t help thinking his parents must be so proud…

A few new developments for those tracking Special Counsel Jack Smith closely

Here’s hoping we’re getting a bit closer to some serious activity.

In a letter sent to hundreds of recipients on the Hill, the dark money group American Accountability Foundation listed the names of the former committee staffers and their titles — along with their new employers and links to their firms’ clients — all of whom they urged to blacklist.

So we’re doxing our enemies now? Isn’t this fun? [/s]

The post-Dobbs era: there isn’t a majority in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade in a single state.

By all means, GQP, double-down on this. By all means. They don’t learn from their mistakes, they really don’t. Now, if the Dem messaging could just pick up and run with this and hammer it every single day.

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Well, I guess we’re continuing to see at least some bipartisanship in these polarizing times: the corrupting influence of big money in politics!

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Speaking of campaign finance violations … Fox Knew is guilty of providing unreported in-kind donations to the Walker and Purdue Senate campaigns in Georgia, the evidence of which was kindly provided in Rupert’s emails. “We should concentrate on Georgia [Senate races], anyway we can,” Democracy’s leading destroyer wrote.

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So Wow, we care about campaign finance violations enough to charge someone?

What changed?

SBF was known before his crypto exchange FTX came crashing down as a major Democratic donor

Ok, got it.

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Can we turn this around and demand an audit of GQP activity being paid for by Congress? There has to be something.

Maybe an investigation of all the promises Qevin made to get his SOTH-ship?

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Obviously we can expect prosecutions to be bipartisan too… :roll_eyes:

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