According to Fortune, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was one of the biggest donors to President Joe Biden, while his parents—both Stanford law professors—have ties to the party. His mother, Barbara Fried, leads a group called Mind the Gap that helps raise Silicon Valley cash for Democrats, while his father, Joseph Bankman, drafted tax legislation for the Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass). SBF sought to exploit these political ties to his benefit.

Edward Snowden reposted the article on twitter and commented that The White House sanctions and arrests kids for the "crime" of building privacy tools to protect you, while "regulators" were quietly palling around with the thieves who just robbed 5 million people. The difference? The thieves were big political donors.