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What are these campaign finance charges doing here? They seem to be completely unrelated to the FTX collapse, he is accused of bypassing campigan finance limits by donating under other people's names.

Was he already under investigation for these, or was it something they discovered while investigating FTX?



> What are these campaign finance charges doing here?

If police get a warrant to search your basement for heroin and find a pile of dead bodies, what do you think happens next?


A really disturbing party?


I agree with hall0weener. Prosecutors often start with a whole bunch of charges and then hone in on the ones they feel are worthy of pursuing.


> What are these campaign finance charges doing here?

Sending a message.


He was trying to influence government policy that directly affected his business. This is like a level or two below bribing the SEC and CFTC to look the other way while breaking regulations.




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