According to Bloomberg, crypto con man and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried met with senior Biden White House officials at least four times in the months leading up to his company’s catastrophic collapse.
White House officials familiar with the matter have confirmed that on September 8, SBF met with senior Biden adviser Steve Ricchetti in a meeting that had not been previously reported. The report states that this meeting was “the most recent of several” held.
Bankman-Fried had at least three others previously disclosed in Biden White House visitor logs. They include one on April 22 and another on May 12, each with Ricchetti, and one a day later, on May 13, with Bruce Reed, another senior Biden aide, officials confirmed. The final meeting is recorded in logs as two meetings held back-to-back, but was one meeting, officials said. Some of the prior White House meetings included others from FTX. -Bloomberg
In addition, Bankman-Frieds ‘brother, Gabriel hosted his own meeting in March and attended the one on May 13; this brings the total number of meetings involving one or both brothers to five.
One insider claims that “politics” were not discussed, despite the fact that SBF is a Democrat megadonor widely regarded as a critical factor in President Biden’s 2020 victory. It is instead claimed that the brothers discussed the “crypto industry and exchanges” and “pandemic prevention related to the foundation, Guarding Against Pandemics, run by Gabe Bankman-Fried.
Multiple criminal charges have been filed against SBF because of their role in the demise of FTX. Bankman-Fried became the Democratic Party’s second-largest individual donor in the 2022 session, drawing scrutiny to his ties to liberals in DC after the collapse of FTX.
US prosecutors claim that SBF and others conspired to illegally commingle billions of dollars in customer funds lent to his trading arm, Alameda Research, corporate funds, and shadow donors used for political contributions.
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