Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Glad; Trump Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President Who Was Once His Prison Inmate

Convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried defended former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, calling his arrest for drug-related crimes a “travesty.”

SBF Says ‘Friend’ Hernández Was Wronged

An X account managed by Bankman-Fried’s friends on his behalf claimed that Hernández was framed, following President Donald Trump’s plan to give a “full and complete” pardon to the former Honduran President.

Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, described Hernández as “one of the kindest and most dedicated people” he had ever met, adding that the two became friends under the “worst possible circumstances,” as per the X post.

SBF and Hernández were housed in the same dormitory at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, a high-profile prison.

“I couldn’t be more glad for him — it’s a travesty he was arrested in the first place,” the founder of FTX cryptocurrency exchange said.