SBF said he was shocked by the crypto stance of Democrats before the fall of the FTX
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-fried suggested Thursday in an interview with conservative foundit Tucker Carlson that one of the factors that gave him a cruel prison penalty was because he was approaching the Republican party on the lead-up to his arrest.
“It was a fact that could be relevant. In 2020 I was on the left and I was given to Biden’s campaign,” he said. “I hope he will be a type of solid president in the left president. I spent the next few years on (Washington) DC. I made twelve -two journeys there, and really, really shocked at what I saw, not in a good direction, from the administration.”
“In late 2022 I give Republicans privately like the Democrats. And that began to be known around the FTX collapse, so maybe there was a role to play,” Bankman-Fried Bankman-fried.
Bankman-fried was found guilty of multiple charges of fraud and conspiracy in March 2024 and was punished for 25 years in prison. He made more than $ 40 million in political donations to 196 members of Congressalong with former home speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and former head of Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.). In other words, 1 out of 3 lawmakers took money from him.
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During the long-term bankman-fried trial, he revealed that he wanted many potential ways to rehab his public image following the fall of the FTX. An undated Google Doc has listed ideas like “Come against the Woke Agenda” and “Go to Tucker Carlsen, come out as a Republican.” With the GOP now stable in DC power, the latter idea seems to have now occurred.
Bankman-fried told Carlson that he would not expect a lot from Democrats but he believed some lawmakers would prove to be thoughtful of both political parties. He criticized former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler, who called the agency “something out of a nightmare” during his tenure due to difficulties for Crypto companies to enter and register.
Carlson asked if he would call any favors from political figures during his trial, Bankman-Fried denied it. However, the parents of the 33 -year -old, former Stanford school professor Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, Reported to meet To lawyers and other people in the orbit of US president Donald Trump in an attempt to secure their son’s forgiveness.
“There is a long story there. It involves a law firm to take a relatively unusual and active role in the case, before I still give FTX control, before it is filed for losses, the DOJ has already thought. “
The Google Doc announced during the Bankman-Fried Trial of proposed that he was planning to “discuss how the lawyers’ cartel destroyed the value and discarded the businessmen under the bus to cover the attorney’s inability.”
Recently Bankman-Fried Na -Post A series of social media messages about the difficulties of firing employees, in reference to the firing conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The bankman-fried was criticized by the crypto community for posts, realizing as an attempt to attract himself to the Trump administration.
