With Sam Bankman-Fried now officially in custody for allegedly swindling his investors out of "at least $1.8 billion", questions have begun to swirl about whether or not campaign donations made by the former FTX CEO would be returned to the company, which is now trying to manage a bankruptcy.
In focus over the last few days has been campaign contributions that SBF made for President Biden's 2020 campaign.
When asked about whether or not the Biden campaign would return 2020 contributions from Bankman-Fried, "White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wouldn’t say Tuesday whether President Biden" would ask aides to return the cash, the NY Post reported.
Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller asked her: “The president received campaign donations [from Bankman-Fried]. Will the president return that donation? Does he call on all politicians … to return those funds?”
