In total, FTX employees donated $90 million to politicians, per The New York Times, and the debtors are trying to claim that back to reimburse customers.
After Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX's Bahamas company, Ryan Salame, donated $23 million – making him the 15th top donor in the US, per OpenSecrets.
The lawyers handling FTX's bankruptcy first requested the donations be returned in December.
But in January, CoinDesk reported that just five of the 196 politicians who received money from FTX said they had successfully returned it.
CoinDesk reports that Vance donated the money to a non-profit, but FTX has warned that this "does not prevent the FTX debtors from seeking recovery."