https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/20...
He supported his girlfriend, Michelle Bond [2], who ran as a Republican (she lost) for New York's 1st Congressional District [3]. She served as Senior Council at the SEC during the Obama administration [4].
Local party officials accused Bond of being a "double agent backed by Dem money":
> Ryan Salame, the live-in boyfriend of Michelle Bond and co-CEO of FTX, has rallied his crypto-billions behind his girlfriend’s Congressional campaign. Some local voters have claimed this is a shameful attempt to “purchase” the election.
> As one of Bond’s most prominent financial supporters, Salame has become a familiar face on the campaign trail. He totes closely behind, posing in photographs while shaking the hands of Long Island Republicans and keeping his close association with Democrat mega-donor Samuel Bankman-Fried silent.
This has led some to allege "@rsalame7926’s political contributions were made to offset the massive Democrat donations from @SBF_FTX and to spark the illusion that there was a balance of political donations coming from @FTX_Official" [6]
[1] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/11/new-crypto-pac-laun...
[2] https://twitter.com/michellebond111
[3] https://ballotpedia.org/Michelle_Bond
[4] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/10/30/meet-mich...
[5] https://messengerpapers.com/2022/08/soros-successor-looking-...
[6] https://twitter.com/JagoeCapital/status/1591466731448442881
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/10/21/the-w...