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Interviewed by SBF in prison: Biden left and Trump right, insisting on innocence and seeking amnesty
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导读Sam Bankman Fried (SBF), former chief executive of FTX, was interviewed by the New York Sun at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, the United States, and made his first public statement that he hoped to obtain the amnesty of President Trump. He
SBF interviewed seeking pardon
Sam Bankman Fried (SBF), former chief executive of FTX, was interviewed by the New York Sun at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, the United States, and made his first public statement that he hoped to obtain the amnesty of President Trump. He believes that his case is the result of excessive law enforcement by the Biden administration and emphasizes that the Republican Party's attitude towards cryptocurrency is relatively friendly.
SBF He was once the second largest political donor to Biden's campaign during the 2020 US election, but now he admits to being disappointed with the Democratic government's cryptocurrency policy and even turned to support the Republican Party in 2022. He criticized the Biden government's suppression of the cryptocurrency industry, and said that Trump and its team were more open to the industry.
Challenge judicial rulings
SBF We are currently appealing against their case and reiterating that FTX and its sister company Alameda Research still had sufficient assets to fully pay customers when they went bankrupt in November 2022. However, he accused bankruptcy management lawyers Sullivan&Cromwell of failing to properly handle the FTX bankruptcy proceedings, resulting in client funds being delayed for over two years.
In addition, he also questioned the fairness of Judge Lewis Kaplan during the trial, accusing the prosecution of misleading the jury by stating that FTX users had lost all their funds, but did not allow the defense to refute this claim. He believes that the lending mechanism of FTX should be regarded as a legitimate financial operation rather than theft.
SBF During the interview, it was specifically mentioned that Ryan Salame, one of the co founders of FTX, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for illegal political donations, while others who were tried with him (all supporting the Democratic Party) received shorter sentences. He believes that this reflects political bias in the trial of the case.
A Republican supporter who pleaded guilty was sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison on only a few charges, while three Democratic partners received significant reductions in sentence. This verdict is fundamentally unfair
Seeking amnesty with political motives
In the interview, SBF They tried to win support by catering to Trump's position, criticized the Biden government for abusing its power, and even mentioned their common enemies in the legal war with Trump - Lewis Kaplan, the judge in charge of the FTX fraud case, and Danielle Sassoon, the former federal prosecutor. He emphasized that political intervention has made the judiciary lose its impartiality.
It is worth noting that after taking office, Trump quickly pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the "Silk Road", so many people in the cryptocurrency industry believe that SBF may hope to obtain amnesty through similar strategies. Moreover, SBF is not the only cryptocurrency industry figure seeking Trump's amnesty. At present, many groups have called on Trump to pardon well-known figures in the cryptocurrency industry, such as Roger Ver, "Bitcoin Jesus", and Virgil Griffith, an Ethereum researcher jailed for speaking in North Korea.
Still maintaining innocence, but difficult to gain sympathy from the outside world
Although SBF still tries to defend itself, claiming that there are still funds available to pay customers after FTX's bankruptcy, many people believe that his claim is untenable. Some critics point out that the current repayment amount is calculated based on the cryptocurrency price at the time of the FTX crash in 2022, rather than the current market value, which means that many customers are still suffering significant losses.
FTX The investment has indeed brought considerable returns, such as his early investment in Anthropic AI, which is now valued at billions of dollars. However, he has yet to provide a convincing explanation for the funding gap when FTX collapsed in 2022.
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