He is the donor. And, no, recipients of legal donations don’t have to give them back because they came from a bad person. (The illegal donations he seems to have admitted to might have to be given up, but that’s a separate legal issue.)

Not a lawyer but it does sound like any of the donations could be considered "not legal" would be "clawbacked".

https://www.google.com/search?q=sbf+political+donations+claw...

Well, yes, bankruptcy clawbacks are another issue on top of both the criminal forfeiture discussed upthread and the campaign finance issue I raised in response.

"The illegal donations he seems to have admitted to..."

Source?

Here’s discussion of the complaint based on his admission:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/08/ftx-ceo-sam-bankman-fried-hi...

Count eight of the indictment also seems related, but its not a “speaking” indictment, so its not super clear.

He’s done a lot of ill advised Spaces, I’m sure it’s in one of those.