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Greetings, and welcome back to The Stratosphere. Today, some news on the Southern District of New York’s campaign-finance investigation into Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Greetings, and welcome back to The Stratosphere.

Today, some news on the Southern District of New York’s campaign-finance investigation into Sam Bankman-Fried. I have details on requests from the Department of Justice for information on checks from Nishad Singh, the second-biggest Democratic donor at FTX—and the person to keep an eye on over the coming weeks.

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