| Title: | What Is Behind Claim Joe Biden ‘Laundered’ Billions in Ukraine Aid via FTX? |
| URL: | https://www.newsweek.com/what-behind-claim-joe-biden-laundered-billions-ukraine-aid-via-ftx-1759774 |
| Publisher: | Newsweek |
| Date published: | November 17, 2022 |
| Description: | The claim that funds were effectively “laundered” from Ukraine via FTX back into the U.S., less so to the Democratic party coffers or Biden himself, is unevidenced. Newsweek has investigated the coverage of this claim across social media and larger media outlets and could find no transaction ID, statements, or any other tangible evidence to support the idea that U.S. funding or crypto donations were washed back to the Democratic Party, through a Ukrainian investment in FTX or otherwise. The claim does not acknowledge the auditing and scrutiny that U.S. foreign aid receives to ensure that it is spent appropriately on measures relating to Ukrainian assistance. |
What Is Behind Claim Joe Biden ‘Laundered’ Billions in Ukraine Aid via FTX?
The claim that funds were effectively "laundered" from Ukraine via FTX back into the U.S., less so to the Democratic party coffers or Biden himself, is unevidenced.
Newsweek has investigated the coverage of this claim across social media and larger media outlets and could find no transaction ID, statements, or any other tangible evidence to support the idea that U.S. funding or crypto donations were washed back to the Democratic Party, through a Ukrainian investment in FTX or otherwise.
The claim does not acknowledge the auditing and scrutiny that U.S. foreign aid receives to ensure that it is spent appropriately on measures relating to Ukrainian assistance.
