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 +==== 2022 election ====
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 +2021 tax records for GAP reveal that the organization gave $100,000 to [[House Majority Forward]]. The group also gave $1 million to [[Voto Latino]] for the purpose of opposing [[united_states:California]] Governor [[Gavin Newsom]]'s recall election.((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html))
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 +GAP also paid around $690,000 to [[GMMB]] for advertising and production services, which the firm described as being for a "media buy."
  
 In April 2022, GAP purchased a townhouse in the Capitol Hill region of [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] listed for over $3 million. The home was allegedly used for cocktail parties hosted by the nonprofit.((Hart, J. (2022, November 27). //PHOTOS: Inside the $3 million DC townhouse where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother hosted parties for his COVID-19 nonprofit.// Business Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223201717/https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-multimillion-dollar-dc-townhouse-gabe-bankman-fried-nonprofit-photos-2022-11)) In April 2022, GAP purchased a townhouse in the Capitol Hill region of [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] listed for over $3 million. The home was allegedly used for cocktail parties hosted by the nonprofit.((Hart, J. (2022, November 27). //PHOTOS: Inside the $3 million DC townhouse where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother hosted parties for his COVID-19 nonprofit.// Business Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223201717/https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-multimillion-dollar-dc-townhouse-gabe-bankman-fried-nonprofit-photos-2022-11))
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 +In November 2022, after the collapse of [[FTX]] and its associated companies and organizations, [[Gabe Bankman-Fried]] resigned from [[Guarding Against Pandemics]].((Dan Diamond [@ddiamond]. (2022, November 14). //“Scoop: GABE BANKMAN-FRIED has stepped down as head of Guarding Against Pandemics, the advocacy organization bankrolled by brother SBF, per a person familiar. In statement, GAP says it is ‘proud’ of its contributions in pandemic prevention and ‘hopeful’ momentum will continue.”// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321164041/https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1592261331847376896))
  
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