Huh.
So the U.S. government is about to put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars for decades on fraud and money laundering convictions, but now that he's safely contained in the federal prison system, authorities have decided to drop charges related to campaign finance and bribery.
Why do you think that is?
From the BBC:
The 31-year-old was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last month.
Prosecutors said the "strong public interest" in a resolution of their case against the former billionaire outweighed benefits of a second trial.
A "strong public interest," eh?
For whom?
For me? For the American people?
Or for, say, Maxine Waters?
From Collin Rugg of Trending Politics:
SBF donated $100 million during the 2022 midterms, pouring tens of millions into dark money groups with customers' funds.
Some of these groups were linked to Senate leaders including Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer.
Here's a chart of those donations:
You're telling me that there's no public interest in uncovering how $100M in stolen funds helped win important congressional seats and allies in a bid to reshape America?
Back to the BBC:
He had faced six charges that had been separated from his first trial.
These included campaign finance violations, conspiracy to commit bribery, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.
X Community Notes provided the altruistic version of why the feds are dropping the case.
One could argue that justice has been served since SBF faces decades in prison over the guilty verdict he has already received. Another trial would merely spend additional tax dollars, and it might violate an extradition agreement that would very lightly bruise the reputation of the DOJ.
And sure, perhaps in the idyllic fantasy of yesteryear, one might be more prone to believe that argument.
But I can think of other reasons why the bloated political class of the American empire might want to drop charges that shine an unfavorable light on those in the regime's inner circle.
- This is a justice department, after all, that will spare no expense prosecuting every American grandma and Babylon Bee actor who visited DC on January 6, 2021.
- It's a justice department that sends a SWAT team to a pro-life leader's home and tries to destroy him for pushing a man who was aggressively harassing his son.
- It's a justice department that investigates Catholics for being Catholics and pushes Big Tech to silence its opponents.
- It‘s a justice department that jails those who block abortion clinics while taking its sweet time looking for perps who firebomb pregnancy centers.
- It's a justice department that‘s dedicated to stopping the most popular candidate for president, per recent polls, through multiple indictments. It even dares to say it's removing the opposition from the ballot in the name of democracy.
So color me skeptical about why SBF's second batch of charges are being swept under the rug.
Here's the full letter from the DOJ:
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