Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke is the latest politician to ditch a political donation from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
The former congressman and gubernatorial candidate returned a $1 million donation from Bankman-Fried, according to The Texas Tribune.
O’Rourke’s campaign claims it never asked for the money and returned the cash a week before FTX filed for bankruptcy. The campaign’s decision to reject the cash was made before the FTX collapse began, with the campaign telling the Texas publication that records would show the money was returned Nov. 4, before the troubled company began to publicly unravel.
(by Stephanie Murray)
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