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Sam Bankman-Fried will not face second trial on charges including making illegal campaign donations and bribing Chinese officials
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 30 2023 | KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS

Posted on 12/30/2023 4:21:42 AM PST by knighthawk

Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, will not face a second trial on separate charges in the case, including campaign finance violations.

In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the 'strong public interest' in a prompt resolution of their case against the 31-year-old former billionaire outweighed the benefits of a second trial.

Prosecutors said that interest 'weighs particularly heavily here,' given that Bankman-Fried's scheduled March 28 sentencing will likely include orders of forfeiture and restitution for victims of his crimes.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bankmanfried; ftx
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Could it because he donated to the Democrats???
1 posted on 12/30/2023 4:21:42 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Excuse me stewardess, I speak lawyer…. He said if we try Sam again too many politicians’ names will come out, maybe including your’s Judge!


2 posted on 12/30/2023 4:27:09 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Lockbox

Reveal all donations AND make him serve serious jail time - sorta like Madoff.


3 posted on 12/30/2023 4:29:20 AM PST by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: knighthawk

Yes.


4 posted on 12/30/2023 4:41:22 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: knighthawk

One of the biggest RAT bundlers and patsy for deep state - cia/fbi money laundering.


5 posted on 12/30/2023 4:41:27 AM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: knighthawk

Could it because he donated to the Democrats???

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could it be that he donated to M&M

McConnell & McCarthy??

SBF was Bi Partisan


6 posted on 12/30/2023 4:50:50 AM PST by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: thinden

Rob the bank of hundreds $$$,go to jail.
Steal hundreds of millions $$ and bribe your way free.


7 posted on 12/30/2023 5:00:13 AM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: Lockbox

Exactly!


8 posted on 12/30/2023 5:06:30 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: RebelTXRose

That is why they are not pursuing it. It is the Chicago way.


9 posted on 12/30/2023 5:08:31 AM PST by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: knighthawk

The “Strong Public Interest” is to know who he donated to. This prosecutor is a party hack.


10 posted on 12/30/2023 5:08:39 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Track9

Set up to be and always was a money laundering operation. Things just went astray when he was overcome by greed, and thought because of who was backing him that he could get away with it. I’m just surprised he hasn’t been suicided.


11 posted on 12/30/2023 5:11:52 AM PST by Rlsau1
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To: knighthawk

Nope...The Big Guy’s Department of Just Us doesn’t want anyone talking about political contributions in open court. That just wouldn’t do!


12 posted on 12/30/2023 5:12:45 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: knighthawk

H. L. Mencken said there are two reasons anyone does anything, the good reason and the real reason. The good reason is that he’s going to prison for forever anyway, so it’s a waste of time and money. The real reason is that the second trial would implicate Democrats.


13 posted on 12/30/2023 5:14:56 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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I’m just surprised he hasn’t been suicided.

Yet.

14 posted on 12/30/2023 5:15:41 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Rlsau1

He’s kept his and his family’s mouth’s shut…so far. He’ll tire of being Bubba’s buddy and will complain to momma, then…


15 posted on 12/30/2023 5:28:52 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: Rlsau1
I'm just surprised he hasn't been suicided.

Yet.

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SBF parents + Caroline Ellison’s parents are all DS/demo party apparatchiks

16 posted on 12/30/2023 5:31:34 AM PST by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: knighthawk

I wonder what Dinesh DeSousa has to say about that? Where’s Obama on this? He takes a very dim view of this sort of thing.


17 posted on 12/30/2023 5:50:32 AM PST by FrdmLvr
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To: knighthawk

Confirmed. We have a two tiered justice system. Now what?


18 posted on 12/30/2023 5:56:28 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons...)
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To: knighthawk

Low hanging fruit for a future Trump prosecutor. Sam and his family are part of the RICO communist take over run by the DNC. Without laws enforced its the wild west.


19 posted on 12/30/2023 5:57:57 AM PST by Jumper
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“Could it because he donated to the Democrats???”

Exactly, it’s Garlands way of telling Democrat politicians who took his dirty money, they won’t have to give it back. Garland and Eric Holder are the two biggest dirtbags in history to have ever held the AG office


20 posted on 12/30/2023 6:14:38 AM PST by chuckee
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