{"id":2072659,"date":"2023-10-19T05:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-senators-group-pledged-to-return-ftx-cash-it-funneled-millions-to-pro-abortion-group-instead\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T05:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:56:31","slug":"california-senators-group-pledged-to-return-ftx-cash-it-funneled-millions-to-pro-abortion-group-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-senators-group-pledged-to-return-ftx-cash-it-funneled-millions-to-pro-abortion-group-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Senator&#8217;s group vowed to refund FTX funds, but diverted millions to pro-choice organization."},"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%2Fcalifornia-senators-group-pledged-to-return-ftx-cash-it-funneled-millions-to-pro-abortion-group-instead%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=2072659&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--><h2>The Liberal Group&#8217;s Controversial \u200dUse of Funds<\/h2>\n<p>The liberal group formerly led by California senator Laphonza Butler\u200d made headlines when it promised to return millions of dollars from \u200cdisgraced cryptocurrency \u2064figure Sam Bankman-Fried. \u2063However, \u2062instead of fulfilling this pledge, the organization\u200b has redirected nearly $1.6 \u200bmillion to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handmaids-tale-features-christians-asking-god-to-bless-waterboarding\/\" title=\"\u2018Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019 Features Christians Asking God To Bless Waterboarding\">pro-abortion movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One recipient of these funds is Women\u200b Vote, \u2063the campaign\u2062 arm of\u2063 Emily&#8217;s\u200c List, which received a\u200c substantial $2.25 million from former FTX executive \u200dNishad \u2063Singh. \u200bSingh has confessed to\u200c making fraudulent political donations on \u200dbehalf of\u2063 Bankman-Fried. Despite the\u200c group&#8217;s earlier statement about cooperating with federal authorities to return \u200bthe money, a recent review\u200c by\u2064 the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reveals that \u200dno refunds\u2062 or payments have been made.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, \u200cWomen Vote \u2063seems to have no \u200bshortage \u200cof funds. It has already\u200b allocated $1.575 \u2063million \u200dto Emily&#8217;s List this year to support female candidates \u2063who \u2062advocate for abortion rights. According to Federal Election Commission disclosures, Women Vote has received nearly\u2063 $2.3 million in contributions and currently holds $423,995 in the bank.\u2063 Additionally, the group has donated $50,000 to America Votes\u200b Action\u200b Fund, \u200dan\u2064 organization focused on \u200dmobilizing liberal voters.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions Arise for \u2064Butler<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2062 failure of Women \u200bVote to surrender \u200bthe FTX cash \u2064raises questions \u2063for Laphonza Butler, \u200cwho is currently undecided on whether to run for a\u200c full-term next year. It remains unclear whether Butler was \u2062aware of \u2062Singh&#8217;s contributions or \u2064the\u200c discussions surrounding them.\u2062 Butler,\u2063 who served as president of Emily&#8217;s List \u2062until her recent appointment to the\u200b Senate, has not provided any\u200c comment on \u2064the\u2062 matter.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried, who is currently on trial in New\u200c York,\u2063 is accused of using stolen money from \u2062FTX to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-annually-donates-to-planned-parenthood-rules-in-favor-of-abortion-advocates-in-michigan\/\" title=\"Judge Who Annually Donates To Planned Parenthood Rules In Favor Of Abortion Advocates In Michigan\">make political contributions<\/a>\u2062 and boost his personal profile. \u200bHe\u2064 donated $40 million to Democratic groups, including $5 million to a political action committee \u2064supporting President Joe Biden in\u200b 2020. These \u2064donations seemingly facilitated Bankman-Fried&#8217;s\u2064 access to Biden White House officials. \u2064He even \u2064attended a House Democratic retreat after making \u200csignificant contributions to the caucus&#8217;s campaign\u200d arm.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried employed a strategy of \u2062making donations to mainstream Democrats in his own name while using other FTX executives as\u2064 &#8220;straw donors&#8221; to contribute to Republicans and progressive groups. Singh\u2064 was specifically chosen to\u2063 make contributions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-senators-group-pledged-to-return-ftx-cash-it-funneled-millions-to-pro-abortion-group-instead\/\" title=\"CA Senator's group vowed to refund FTX funds, but diverted millions to pro-choice organization.\">left-wing \u200cpolitical organizations<\/a>. Court filings\u2063 in\u200d the Bankman-Fried case reveal that \u200da political adviser instructed Singh to donate to &#8220;a lot of woke shit for transactional \u2062purposes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the groups that received Singh&#8217;s\u200b contributions was the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which received $1.1 million to support House candidate \u2064Becca Balint. Shortly after Singh&#8217;s donations, Emily&#8217;s List endorsed Balint, who\u200d eventually \u2062won her election and cooperated with federal\u2064 authorities in the FTX investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried\u2064 and Women Vote also shared their support for Rep. Nikki Budzinski, with Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Save Our Future PAC \u2064spending over $260,000 on\u200b ads for Budzinski and Women Vote\u2062 contributing over $250,000\u200c to\u200d boost the Democrat&#8217;s \u2063campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Emily&#8217;s List has not provided any comments \u2063on the matter, but a spokeswoman for\u200c the organization\u2063 assured\u200c the \u200b <em>Washington Post<\/em> that they are actively cooperating with authorities to reclaim the contributions.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did the liberal group prioritize supporting the pro-abortion movement with the redirected funds, and what \u200ddoes this say about their priorities and ethical standards?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The\u200d redirected funds or if she had any\u200b involvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a>. Either way, the controversy surrounding the use of funds by the liberal \u200bgroup casts a shadow \u200dover\u200d Butler&#8217;s leadership and raises\u2064 doubts about her ability \u200bto make ethical\u2064 and responsible decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that \u2063the funds have been used to support the pro-abortion \u200bmovement also raises concerns about the group&#8217;s priorities. While it\u200b is important\u200b to support \u200ccauses that align with one&#8217;s beliefs, using funds that were promised to be returned to support a controversial issue \u200blike abortion\u200d raises questions about the group&#8217;s ethical standards and \u2063financial management.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the failure to cooperate with federal authorities in returning \u2063the funds is concerning. If the liberal group truly believed in the importance of returning the money, why have they not fulfilled their pledge? This lack of transparency and accountability raises doubts about the group&#8217;s credibility \u200cand integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the large amount of funds\u2062 that Women Vote has already received and allocated raises \u200cquestions about their financial management and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-year-later-how-the-death-of-george-floyd-changed-5-american-institutions\/\" title=\"One Year Later: How The Death Of George Floyd Changed 5 American Institutions\u00a0\">decision-making processes<\/a>. With millions of dollars at their disposal,\u200c it is important to ensure that these funds\u200b are being used responsibly and in accordance with the group&#8217;s mission \u2062and values.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding \u2063the use of funds by the liberal group \u200dformerly led by Laphonza Butler raises serious questions about the group&#8217;s leadership, ethics, and financial management. The failure to return the \u200dfunds as promised and their redirection to support the pro-abortion movement, along with the lack of transparency and accountability, undermine the credibility\u2063 and integrity of the organization. \u2062As the group&#8217;s leader, Butler bears the responsibility for\u2062 these actions and must provide answers to the questions that have arisen.\u2064 Only \u2063then can the\u2064 trust in\u2062 the liberal group be restored, and \u200dthe focus can shift \u200bback to the important issues\u200d and causes they claim to champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The liberal group, previously led by Senator Laphonza Butler, promised to give back millions from Sam Bankman-Fried, a discredited cryptocurrency figure. However, they redirected almost $1.6 million to support pro-abortion efforts. Nishad Singh, a former FTX executive, confessed to providing $2.25 million to Women Vote, the campaign arm of Emily&#8217;s List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2072660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2072659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2072660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}