Sam Bankman-Fried Pushes Forward With Trump Pardon Bid Despite White House Resistance
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has formally applied to President Trump for a presidential pardon through the DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney despite earlier White House resistance, while continuing to appeal his fraud conviction and serve a lengthy prison sentence. The clemency push prolongs legal uncertainty from the FTX collapse as creditors await repayments and keeps regulatory and reputational risk in crypto and DeFi markets under scrutiny.
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- SBF formally seeks Trump pardon despite earlier White House resistance.
- Pardon filing adds momentum to ongoing efforts to challenge conviction.
- Appeals and clemency push continue as creditors await repayments.
Former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried has formally asked President Donald Trump for a presidential pardon, despite earlier remarks suggesting the request faces steep resistance. The filing marks another chapter in the disgraced crypto executive’s effort to overturn public and political opinion after his fraud conviction shook the digital asset industry. Moreover, the move arrives as Bankman-Fried continues appealing his conviction while serving a lengthy prison sentence tied to the collapse of FTX.
Records from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney now show that Bankman-Fried submitted an application for a “pardon after completion …
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