{"id":46653,"date":"2025-02-21T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T14:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=46653"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T14:54:15","slug":"sam-bankman-fried-lobby-effort-underway-for-trump-pardon-sbf-free-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=46653","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried Lobby Effort Underway For Trump Pardon: SBF Free in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced FTX founder turned inmate, resurfaces not for his billion-dollar fraud but for courting <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/bitwise-execs-call-bitcoin-a-generational-opportunity-amid-trump-trade-policies\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the GOP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Serving 25 years for collapsing an <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/sam-bankman-frieds-parents-seek-presidential-pardon-for-jailed-ftx-founder\/\">$8 billion crypto empire<\/a>, he\u2019s now angling for a presidential pardon\u2014an audacious pivot for someone who once kept the Republican Party at arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Price<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-value\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-value\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-value\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n                <button class=\"chart__button chart__button--logarithmic\">Log<\/button>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">A Public Desperate Shift For Sam Bankman-Fried<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Speaking from a Brooklyn prison in a series of interviews with the\u00a0<em>New York Sun<\/em>, Sam Bankman-Fried expressed his growing disillusionment with the Democratic Party and the Biden administration. The former CEO didn\u2019t mince his words, describing them as \u201cdestructive\u201d and difficult to work with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI became really frustrated and disappointed with what I saw of the Biden administration and the Democratic Party,\u201d Bankman-Fried said, contrasting them with what he now claims is the more \u201creasonable\u201d approach of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of movies will be made about SBF\/FTX<\/p>\n<p>Never know may include all the shameless SBF shills and outright liars <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OMHlGi6KdV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/OMHlGi6KdV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yqRX9UMz4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/9yqRX9UMz4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunil (FTX Creditor Champion) (@sunil_trades) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunil_trades\/status\/1892857117373038859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Interestingly, Bankman-Fried, formerly a prolific Democratic donor who contributed <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6241262\/sam-bankman-fried-political-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$40 million<\/a> to Democratic campaigns and PACs in 2022, has now aligned himself with political rhetoric from the right. He praised Elon Musk\u2019s budget-slashing efforts, calling Musk\u2019s \u201cchainsaw approach\u201d to government spending the kind of bold step the country needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome things actually do need more than a 10% cut,\u201d Sam Bankman-Fried remarked. \u201cThey need a 30, 50, 70% [cut], but of course, they need to be rebuilt correctly.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">\u2018The Government is Against Me, Yo\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">This shift in tone comes as his parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, spearhead a clemency push to secure a pardon for their son from President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried has echoed the familiar refrain of DOJ politicization, a claim often leveled by Trump as he wrestles with his own legal troubles.<\/p>\n<p>(<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/trump-pardons?tid=1740139352896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polymarket<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The comparison to <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/ross-ulbricht-lost-12-million-to-an-mev-bot-on-solana-heres-what-happened\/\">Ross Ulbricht<\/a>, founder of Silk Road, isn\u2019t lost. Trump pardoned Ulbricht during his presidency, spotlighting his influence on Bitcoin\u2019s rise. Bankman-Fried\u2019s parents are now banking on that similar narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Not stopping there, Bankman-Fried aimed Judge Lewis Kaplan. He blasted Kaplan\u2019s conduct in his trial and even invoked Kaplan\u2019s role in a separate case that found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know President Trump had a lot of frustrations with Judge Kaplan,\u201d Bankman-Fried said. \u201cI certainly did as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-bold text-body leading-[24px] pt-[12px] pb-[2px] [&amp;_a]:underline-offset-[6px] [&amp;_.underline]:underline-offset-[6px]\">Sam Bankman-Fried: Politics and Crypto Collide<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Bankman-Fried\u2019s bid for clemency underscores the uneasy collision between cryptocurrency and political maneuvering. Once hailed as a leader in the burgeoning crypto space, his downfall has reignited debates about regulation, corruption, and political influence in the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\">Whether or not his clemency campaign succeeds, one thing remains evident\u2014Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s saga is far from over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/xrp-price-jumps-11-after-sec-crypto-unit-tease-xrp-etf-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XRP Price Jumps 11% After SEC Crypto Unit Tease XRP ETF Progress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<p>        Serving 25 years for collapsing an $8 billion crypto empire, SBF is now angling for a presidential pardon.    <\/p>\n<p>        Bankman-Fried, formerly a prolific Democratic donor who contributed $40 million to Democratic campaigns.    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/sam-bankman-fried-lobby-effort-underway-for-trump-pardon-sbf-free-in-2025\/\">Sam Bankman-Fried Lobby Effort Underway For Trump Pardon: SBF Free in 2025?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced FTX founder turned inmate, resurfaces not for his billion-dollar fraud but for courting Donald Trump and the GOP. 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