Sam Bankman-Fried Says ‘Biden’s Anti-Crypto SEC Came After Me’ — But Did It Really?
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, reignited controversy by claiming his 2022 arrest was orchestrated by the Biden administration as retaliation for secretly donating millions to Republicans.
Bankman-Fried Alleges Biden Administration Tried to Silence Him
In a post published Wednesday on GETTR, Bankman-Fried said he shifted from being center-left in 2020 to centrist in 2022 after observing what he described as aggressive enforcement on the cryptocurrency industry by former SEC Chair Gary Gensler and the Justice Department.
“I was a centrist and (privately) donated tens of millions to Republicans,” he wrote.
“Weeks later, Biden’s anti-crypto SEC/DOJ went after me.
They had me arrested weeks before the crypto bill I was working on was set for a vote — and the night before I was set to testify …