{"id":10586,"date":"2025-01-30T20:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=10586"},"modified":"2025-01-30T20:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:32:04","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-parents-seek-presidential-pardon-from-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=10586","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Parents Seek Presidential Pardon From Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The parents of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/24\/10\/41141962\/remember-sbfs-i-didnt-stash-billions-away-the-latest-ftx-repayment-update-may-have-other-ideas\"><strong>FTX <\/strong>CEO <strong>Sam Bankman-Fried<\/strong><\/a> are pursuing a presidential pardon for their son from <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: Joseph Bankman<\/strong> and <strong>Barbara Fried<\/strong>, both Stanford Law professors, have been in discussions with legal experts and individuals within Trump&#8217;s network regarding possible clemency for their 32-year-old son, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud, Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-30\/sam-bankman-fried-s-parents-explore-seeking-trump-pardon-for-son\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether any direct outreach has been made to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Bankman-Fried&#8217;s parents nor his legal representatives have commented on these efforts, and the White House has yet to issue any statement on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Trump has exercised his pardon power extensively, prompting a surge in requests from individuals convicted of financial crimes. <\/p>\n<p>One of his most notable acts was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43183294\/trump-a-man-of-his-word-says-ross-ulbricht-after-pardon-silk-road-creators-lots-to-talk-about-remark-fuels-curiosity\">granting clemency to <strong>Ross Ulbricht<\/strong>,<\/a> the founder of Silk Road, who had been serving a life sentence for drug &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43350879\/sam-bankman-frieds-parents-seek-presidential-pardon-from-trump\" alt=\"Sam\" bankman-fried parents seek presidential pardon from donald trump>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parents of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are pursuing a presidential pardon for their son from Donald Trump, according to a report. What Happened: Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both Stanford Law professors, have been in discussions with legal experts and individuals within Trump&#8217;s network regarding possible clemency for their 32-year-old son, who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-10586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}