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Theodore Schleifer

An expert investigative reporter and campaign-finance savant covering power, influence, and money at the intersection of Silicon Valley and Washington.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
Jeff Bezos’s pursuit of the Commanders NFL franchise seems to have ended.
Theodore Schleifer • April 12, 2023
Jeff Bezos Punts on the Washington Commanders
(For now.) Will he set his sights on the Seahawks?
Jeff Bezos, in his putative pursuit of the Commanders, has essentially thrown away the typical playbook for purchasing a sports team.
Theodore Schleifer • April 11, 2023
More Bezos NFL Murmurs & An S.B.F. Co-Conspirator Mystery
Scoops from the internal rumblings in and around the three comma club: the latest details about Bezos’s Commanders interest, the tech G.O.P. bundling wars, and the silence of FTX’s CC-2, Ryan Salame.
There is an anxiety in NFL circles that Jeff Bezos has been keeping quiet before decisively pouncing on the Commanders at the last minute.
Theodore Schleifer • April 4, 2023
Gaming the Bezos-NFL Silent Auction
Is Jeff Bezos really sitting out the chance to land the most coveted job in Washington? Or has he found a way to circumvent the public campaign process for the Commanders entirely?
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale hasn’t formally committed to raising money for Ron DeSantis’s putative presidential run, but a forthcoming event likely signals his intentions.
Theodore Schleifer • March 28, 2023
The DeSantis-Lonsdale ’24 Beauty Pageant
Joe Lonsdale, the outspoken Palantir co-founder and V.C., is rolling out the green carpet for Ron DeSantis at a splashy event next month. Will the rest of the Silicon Valley G.O.P. billionaires follow suit?
At a high level, Reid Hoffman doesn’t view the Florida governor as an existential threat to democracy, unlike Trump, and believes he may even have the ability to successfully govern.
Theodore Schleifer • March 21, 2023
S.B.F. Informants & A Strange DeSantis Bedfellow
New details on the subpoenas and next cards to flip in the FTX campaign-finance case. Plus, why Reid Hoffman might be offering some unlikely assistance to DeSantis.
As the public bickered over what would constitute a bailout for SVB, Ron Conway, a political mega-connector, felt he was uniquely positioned to help foam the runway.
Theodore Schleifer • March 14, 2023
The Ron Conway Bailout
Was the insidery uber-angel the factor—with his last-minute call to Kamala, intimate dinners with Obama, and furtive emails to Andreessen—in getting the White House to truly perceive the horrors of an SVB collapse?
Prosecutors may see the case against Sam Bankman-Fried as Bernie Madoff 2.0, but S.B.F.’s got good lawyers.
Theodore Schleifer & Eriq Gardner • March 7, 2023
Will S.B.F. Cut a Deal?
A close reading of the latest developments and looming mysteries: Can S.B.F. flip on a politician? Is Ryan Salame the next FTX insider to plead guilty? What will happen to the parents, Barbara and Joe, and to the brother, G.B.F? And will the case even make it to trial?
aHigh-ranking FTX executives Ryan Salame and Nishad Singh appear central to an alleged straw-donor scheme quarterbacked by S.B.F.
Theodore Schleifer • March 1, 2023
Inside S.B.F.’s “Woke Shit” Influence Scheme
FTX executives Nishad Singh, who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to campaign-finance charges, and Ryan Salame were simultaneously players and pawns in S.B.F.’s political influence machine in Washington.
The allegation in the indictment doesn’t concern the fact that S.B.F. and his allies coordinated their political contributions—instead, the S.D.N.Y. describes something far more brazen.
Theodore Schleifer • February 23, 2023
Decoding the S.B.F. Political Conspiracy
The prosecution’s new narrative correctly ignores the coordination of political contributions in S.B.F. world and focuses instead on a more brazen fraud.
A new federal investigation suggests that the political and campaign-finance elements of the S.B.F. case may be broader than originally known.
Theodore Schleifer • February 21, 2023
The Next S.B.F. Legal Riddle: What’s in Puerto Rico?
An elite unit of the Department of Justice has taken an interest in the political side of the FTX case, raising the possibility of more indictments to come.
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