Sam Bankman-Fried Files Request For Presidential Pardon: What Do Prediction Markets Say?
Sam Bankman-Fried officially filed for a presidential pardon Monday, even as the White House pointed back to Trump’s January statement that he has no plans to grant one.
SBF Spent A Year Courting Trump On X And Got Nothing Back
Bankman-Fried submitted his application through the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, the standard federal channel used by thousands of people annually.
Over the past year, the 34-year-old has been active on X, publicly praising Trump’s actions including the pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, in what appeared to be a deliberate effort to attract executive attention.
The strategy has not worked. Trump told the New York Times in January he had no plans to pardon Bankman-Fried.
When asked Monday about the formal filing, a White House spokesperson simply …
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