Sam Bankman-Fried Will Still Face Campaign Finance-Related Charge, Justice Department Says

“And as part of the originally charged money laundering scheme, the defendant also concealed the source of his fraudulent proceeds through political straw donations,” the DOJ said. “As the Government will outline in its forthcoming motions in limine [a pretrial motion], the evidence of the defendant’s campaign finance conduct is admissible at trial as direct proof of the Trial Charges.”