{"id":1778481,"date":"2022-12-17T09:02:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778481"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:02:54","slug":"white-house-wont-answer-if-theyll-give-back-donations-from-accused-fraudster-sam-bankman-fried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-wont-answer-if-theyll-give-back-donations-from-accused-fraudster-sam-bankman-fried\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Won\u2019t Answer If They\u2019ll Give Back Donations From Accused Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-wont-answer-if-theyll-give-back-donations-from-accused-fraudster-sam-bankman-fried%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778481&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House refused to state during a press conference this week whether President Joe Biden would return the money that was donated to his campaign by disgraced former FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.<\/p>\n<p>The question posed to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre came in response to Bankman-Fried, 30, being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-democrat-megadonor-sam-bankman-fried-arrested-in-bahamas-faces-criminal-charges-in-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> in the Bahamas this week after a Manhattan federal grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/criminal-charges-against-democrat-megadonor-sam-bankman-fried-unsealed-faces-life-in-prison-denied-bail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/13\/wh-wont-say-if-biden-will-return-2020-donations-from-sam-bankman-fried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that in October 2020 Bankman-Fried donated $50,000 \u00a0to the Biden Victory Fund and $2,800 straight to Biden, according to Federal Election Commission records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President received campaign donations \u2014 campaign donations from him \u2014 and many prominent Democrats did,\u201d a reporter said when called on. \u201cWill the President return that donation? Does he call on all politicians who got campaign donations that may have come from customer money to return those funds?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, look, I am covered here by the Hatch Act,\u201d Jean-Pierre claimed. \u201cI\u2019m limited on what I can say. And anything that\u2019s connected to political contributions from here, I would have to refer you to the DNC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When repeatedly pressed about Biden\u2019s opinion on the matter, Jean-Pierre sidestepped the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2014 I just \u2014 just cannot speak to this from here,\u201d she claimed. \u201cEven his opinion, even his thoughts about the contributions, donations, I cannot speak from it \u2014 from \u2014 about that from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked if Biden intends to return Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s donations, Karine Jean-Pierre says she&#8217;s covered under the Hatch Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnvVowDIoX\">pic.twitter.com\/AnvVowDIoX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1602771583667666945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/criminal-charges-against-sam-bankman-fried-revealed\">Criminal Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried Revealed<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House refused to state during a press conference this week whether President Joe Biden would return the money that was donated to his campaign by disgraced former FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. 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