{"id":532567,"date":"2022-12-30T08:15:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sbf-met-with-bidens-senior-advisors-2-months-before-ftx-collapse-report\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T08:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:15:04","slug":"sbf-met-with-bidens-senior-advisors-2-months-before-ftx-collapse-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sbf-met-with-bidens-senior-advisors-2-months-before-ftx-collapse-report\/","title":{"rendered":"# SBF met with Biden&#8217;s senior advisors 2 months before FTX collapse: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34be33a6dbd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34be33a6dbd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sbf-met-with-bidens-senior-advisors-2-months-before-ftx-collapse-report\/#%E2%80%9D_SBF_met_with_Bidens_senior_advisors_2_months_before_FTX_collapse_Report_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; SBF met with Biden&#8217;s senior advisors 2 months before FTX collapse: Report &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_SBF_met_with_Bidens_senior_advisors_2_months_before_FTX_collapse_Report_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; SBF met with Biden&#8217;s senior advisors 2 months before FTX collapse: Report &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-02fa634a>Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried met with government officials at the White House on at least four separate occasions in 2022, and reportedly a meeting just two months before the fall of his crypto empire.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the meetings were disclosed in visitor logs which are posted by the White House every month, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/disclosures\/visitor-logs\/\">showing<\/a> that Bankman-Fried had met with Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti on Apr. 22, 2022 and May. 12, 2022 along with another meeting on May 13 meeting with policy advisor Charlotte Butash<\/p>\n<p>However, according to a Dec. 29 Bloomberg report, the former FTX CEO also met with the President\u2019s counselor Ricchette as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-12-29\/bankman-fried-met-white-house-aides-in-pre-collapse-crypto-push?srnd=premium-europe&amp;sref=ZMFHsM5Z&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\">recently<\/a> as Sept. 8, in a meeting that did not show up on the visitor logs.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-12\/a82dfa78-cc06-4c64-b2ab-850b0a002546.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>White House 2022 visitor logs featuring Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: The White House<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The revelation has piqued the curiosity of crypto community members, who want to know why there seemed to be such a revolving door of visitations between FTX and the White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly had four meetings at the White House leading up to the 2022 mid term elections.<\/p>\n<p>Biden needs to explain what his administration was doing meeting so often with crypto fraudster SBF.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul A. Szypula  (@Bubblebathgirl) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1608591791720386561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As per the report, sources suggested politics had not been discussed at the meeting, and that conversations were focused on the crypto industry, exchanges and pandemic prevention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<em>Prosecutors unlikely to offer Sam Bankman-Fried a favorable plea deal, says lawyer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite living in the Bahamas Bankman-Fried is understood to have been a regular visitor to Washington as he pushed to influence crypto policy and make connections in Washington, and was previously accused of attempting to redirect regulators away from centralized exchanges like FTX to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms such as lending protocol MakerDAO.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried was a significant donor to the Democrats, and in a Nov. 16 interview with crypto vlogger Tiffany Fong admitted that he had donated about the same to both parties, but that his \u201cRepublican donations were dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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