"In a motion urging the court to deny Bankman-Fried's request for a new trial, an attorney for the government, Sean Buckley, slammed the FTX founder for his 'incoherent' attempt to claim 'political victimhood.' Pointing out that Bankman-Fried was 'one of the largest donors to President Biden's 2020 presidential campaign,' Buckley alleged that Bankman-Fried's abrupt party-swapping was 'a political strategy the defendant pre-planned and committed to in writing before he was convicted.'"
"Ever since Donald Trump took office and declared himself a 'pro-crypto president,' FTX's disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been working to convince the administration that he's a Republican now. The former Democratic megadonor apparently hopes that a right-wing pivot might help him escape a 25-year prison sentence ordered after Joe Biden's Department of Justice proved he stole more than $8 billion from customers of his cryptocurrency exchange."
Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted FTX founder sentenced to 25 years for stealing over $8 billion from customers, has adopted a pro-Trump political stance in hopes of securing a pardon. He praises Trump's policies, criticizes Democrats, and claims Biden administration officials intimidated witnesses against him. However, Trump has explicitly stated he has no intention of pardoning Bankman-Fried, despite granting pardons to other crypto figures. The Trump administration's DOJ has filed a motion opposing Bankman-Fried's request for a new trial, characterizing his political pivot as an incoherent attempt at claiming victimhood and a pre-planned strategy rather than genuine conviction change.
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