John Deaton has often complained about the preferential treatment that the founder of the defunct FTX exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has received. During a recent conversation, Deaton stated that SBF, who is the head of an offshore exchange that was involved in a controversy, got access to the US regulators as well as the politicians in an unusual manner. Deaton also noted that Sam Bankman-Fried got preferential treatment because he donated money to the Biden administration and had close contacts with the officials.
