Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried officially files for a presidential pardon from Trump
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is pressing ahead with his bid for a presidential pardon, even after President Donald Trump said he has no plans to grant clemency.
Key facts
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is pressing ahead with his bid for a presidential pardon, even after President Donald Trump said he has no plans to grant clemency
The former exec, 34, officially filed for a "pardon after completion of sentence," according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney website
In January, Trump told The New York Times in a wide-ranging interview that he has no plans to pardon Bankman-Fried
Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 during the Biden administration on multiple fraud and conspiracy charges for stealing billions of customers' funds from his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX
Summary
The former exec, 34, officially filed for a "pardon after completion of sentence," according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney website. Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 during the Biden administration on multiple fraud and conspiracy charges for stealing billions of customers' funds from his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX. Over the past year, Bankman-Fried has been active on his X account, praising some of Trump's actions, including the pardon of ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. In January, Trump told The New York Times in a wide-ranging interview that he has no plans to pardon Bankman-Fried.