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==Ukraine aid/FTX scandal==
==Ukraine aid/FTX scandal==
{{See also|FTX scandal}}
{{See also|FTX scandal}}
The FTX scandal broke in the days immediately prior to, and following the November 8, [[2022 Midterm elections]]. Tens of billions of dollars in American Military [[Ukraine aid|Aid to Ukraine]], which was allegedly to be used to fight [[Russia]], was cash that [[Ukraine]] did not use to fight Russia, but instead invested into FTX [[cryptocurrency]] exchange. Ukraine received money from the [[United States]], Ukraine "invested" the money with FTX, and FTX "donated" the money back to Democrats, who originally voted to send the money to Ukraine. The sham appears to be pure [[criminal]] [[money-laundering]] and criminal [[conspiracy]] to violate [[campaign finance]] laws.<ref>https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1591521074750971904</ref>
The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, '''''was the #2 donor to the [[Democrats]] in the [[2020 presidential election]] giving $39.8 million, second only to [[George Soros]]''''', and said he intended to spend up to $1 billion in the [[2024 presidential election]].<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ceo-of-cratering-crypto-firm-ftx-is-dems-second-largest-donor-behind-soros</ref> ''See [[Billionaire megadonors]]''.
He reportedly also donated to the [[GOP]]. <ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/30/ftx-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-dark-money-republicans
</ref> He claims, it was the same amount given to Dems..<ref>[https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/29/sam-bankman-fried-political-donations-democrats-republicans-dark-money/ Sam Bankman-Fried says he donated just as many millions to Republicans as Democrats, but didn’t publicize it because reporters would ‘freak the ---- out’], ''Fortune'', Nov 29, 2022.</ref> but didn’t publicize it because reporters would ‘freak the ---- out.’
Rep. [[Ralph Norman]] of [[South Carolina]] told ''[[Breitbart News]]'' in February 2023 that Speaker McCarthy set the “gears in place” for [[conservative]]s on the [[House Rules Committee]] to strip [[Ukraine aid]] from the [[debt limit]] and [[continuing resolution]]s.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/19/ralph-norman-kevin-mccarthy-gears-strip-ukraine-aid-must-pass-spending-bills/</ref>
Rep. [[Ralph Norman]] of [[South Carolina]] told ''[[Breitbart News]]'' in February 2023 that Speaker McCarthy set the “gears in place” for [[conservative]]s on the [[House Rules Committee]] to strip [[Ukraine aid]] from the [[debt limit]] and [[continuing resolution]]s.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/19/ralph-norman-kevin-mccarthy-gears-strip-ukraine-aid-must-pass-spending-bills/</ref>