Jailed former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried considered paying former US President Donald Trump to not run for re-election in 2020, according to
an excerpt of a forthcoming book published on Sunday.
In the excerpt published in the Washington Post, Michael Lewis, the
author of "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon," said Bankman-Fried at the time was planning to give $15 million to $30
million to Republican Senator Mitch McConnell to defeat the "Trumpier" candidates in the Senate races.
"On a separate front, he explained to me, as the plane descended into Washington, he was exploring the legality of paying Donald Trump himself
not to run for president," Lewis wrote.
"His team had somehow created a back channel into the Trump operation
and returned with the not terribly Earth-shattering news that Donald
Trump might indeed have his price: $5 billion. Or so Sam was told by his
team."
The excerpt did not discuss why Bankman-Fried did not press ahead with
the plans.
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-761256
The price of the pwesidency. $5B.
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best
colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him
somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you".
-- Lyndon B Johnson
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