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Thank you, Tim, for another excellent report.

Since you mentioned FTX, your readers may be interested in the following:

10/20/23 10:14 AM: EXCLUSIVE: 13 of 22 RINO Holdouts Derailing Jim Jordan Are Connected to FTX and Voter Mule Donations (The Gateway Pundit): https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/exclusive-13-22-rino-holdouts-derailing-jim-jordan/

Summary: The Former co-CEO of FTX, Ryan Salame, pled guilty early last month to “Conspiracy to Make Unlawful Political Contributions and Defraud the Federal Election Commission and Conspiracy to Operate an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business.” (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-damian-williams-guilty-plea-ryan-salame-former-ceo-ftx)

Salame admitted that his job at FTX was to illegally funnel money to Republican politicians and political causes, while his co-conspirator, Sam Bankman-Fried, funneled money to Democrats (https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/07/ex-ftx-executive-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-to-us-criminal-charges/)

Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and Congressman Mike Simpson both received donations from Salame (Crapo $2900, Simpson $5800). Mike Crapo also received $2900 from Sam Bankman-Fried.

Thirteen holdouts who did not supportJim Jordan as Speaker also accepted donations from Ryan Salame – almost all of them maximum donations. Source: FEC RECORD https://www.fec.gov/data/

The Republicans who accepted these funds include:

1. Kay Granger (TX-12th)

2. Mike Simpson (ID-2nd accepted $2900 on 10/9/22 & $2900 on 9/13/22)

3. Carols Gimenez (FL-28th)

4. Jen Higgins (VA-2nd) 

5. Marinette Miller-Meeks (IA-2nd)

6. Mike Lawler (NY-17th)

7. Steve Womack (AR-3rd)

8. Mike Kelly (PA-16th)

9. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26th)

10. Linda Chavez-Deremer (OR-5th) 

11. Andrew Garbarino (NY 2nd)

12. Tony Gonzales (TX-23rd)

13. John Rutherford (FL-5th)

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