Sam Bankman-Fried, serving 25 years for stealing over $8 billion from FTX customers, is running a public political rebrand from prison. Through a proxy account on X, the former Democratic megadonor now quotes Trump's Truth Social posts, praises administration policy, and attacks Biden-era officials.
His legal strategy matches the social media performance. A motion for a new trial alleges that Biden DOJ officials intimidated FTX employees into lying or refusing to testify, framing his conviction as a political hit job rather than a fraud case. Trump's DOJ is not buying it.
The full article is worth reading for the mechanics of how SBF is coordinating outside communications from prison and the specific legal arguments his team is making. The DOJ response reveals how the administration is handling a case it inherited and a defendant who is loudly auditioning for its sympathy.
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