WP: The right’s Sam Bankman-Fried conspiracy theories take a hit (12-14-22)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/13/conservative-theories-bankman-fried-arrest/

WP: Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, among others, baselessly suggested that Bankman-Fried was getting away with it because of his donations to Democrats

Ever since Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency empire collapsed last month, conservative media has speculated about the justice — or the supposed lack thereof — awaiting him. Almost all of the speculation revolved around the fact that Bankman-Fried was a major donor to Democrats. Often, the suggestion has been that he was being treated more leniently by the Justice Department, or even given a pass.

It’s certainly a commentary on our conspiratorial time — a time in which Republicans in particular assume slanted justice for high-profile figures — that people jumped to such conclusions so willy-nilly. President Donald Trump spent four years attacking the Justice Department for supposedly targeting him politically, even as he also attempted to wield it for his own political ends. It’s against that backdrop that certain circles just assumed that there was something suspicious about Bankman-Fried not yet being apprehended.

Bankman-Fried’s arrest and indictment this week undercuts much of that baseless and hastily crafted narrative. And as always with such situations, it’s worth recalling who had a hand in the crafting.

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