Joe…all Commander pics need to come through you or Jill's account so I don't miss them, please. I just happened to catch this one!
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Post-turkey.
8:05 PM · Nov 24, 2022
·The White House
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1595946740326096896
Nate Hochman
@njhochman
Tom Emmer, the new GOP majority whip, tried to block the SEC from investigating FTX, the crypto company run by the disgraced Sam Bankman-Fried.
FTX has made multi-million dollar donations to the House Republican campaign arm, which Emmer led:
9:10 PM · Nov 23, 2022
·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/njhochman/status/1595600808896352256
Another thread here:
https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1595418504106283010
David Dayen
@ddayen
Here's what we know:
• 5 of the "Blockchain 8" received direct campaign donations from FTX
• Ted Budd got $517,000 from a SuperPAC set up by FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame
• Emmer, who ran the NRCC,got $2.75 million for the House GOP Super PAC from Salame & FTX
prospect.org
Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry Into FTX
The ‘Blockchain Eight’ wrote a bipartisan letter in March attempting to chill the SEC’s information requests to crypto firms. FTX was one of those firms.
9:10 AM · Nov 23, 2022
·Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1595419533044350976
David Dayen
@ddayen
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Nov 23
Replying to
@ddayen
The Blockchain Eight is 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
This is consistent with FTX's bipartisan campaign contribution philosophy: contrary to "Baby Soros" myth, the company & its employees gave 50% to Republicans, 50% to Democrats.
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Olaf Pijl
@olafapijl
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Nov 23
Replying to @ddayen @chrislhayes and @TheProspect
Let me guess, Republican members of Congress?🤷♂️
David Dayen
@ddayen
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Nov 23
The Blockchain 8 (whose attempt to meddle in an independent investigation on behalf of crypto is like the Keating 5 scandal in the 80s):
Emmer (R-MN)
Davidson (R-OH)
Donalds (R-FL)
Budd (R-NC)
Soto (D-FL)
Auchincloss (D-MA)
Torres (D-NY)
Gottheimer (D-NJ)
https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1595421263157075969