> But Ryan Salame, another executive, gave almost $24 million to Republican and conservative causes, somewhat counterbalancing the giving to the left. Overall, according to Open Secrets, FTX donations to candidates were very slightly GOP-leaning, although contributions to individual politicians were only a small slice of the $70 million.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/sam-bankma...

As Jon Stewart pointed out, they went with the classic formula of having “a guy for each camp.”