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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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To: thinden

Uniparty only


21 posted on 12/30/2023 6:16:39 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Lockbox

“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.”

Let me guess ... Kamala provided this word salad explanation for this.


22 posted on 12/30/2023 6:19:52 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: knighthawk

No, there is “strong public interest” in seeing this creepy kid go to pound-me-in-the-ass prison.


23 posted on 12/30/2023 6:26:57 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: knighthawk

Yes he was making illegal campaign donations and bribing Chinese officials he’ one of them 100%.

Hunter grins


24 posted on 12/30/2023 6:29:52 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: knighthawk

John Edwards was right, there are indeed Two Americas.


25 posted on 12/30/2023 6:30:34 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: knighthawk

SBF is a cutout for deep three letter agencies


26 posted on 12/30/2023 6:31:09 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: knighthawk

Forget it, Jake. He’s a Democrat.


27 posted on 12/30/2023 6:32:20 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: knighthawk

BTTT


28 posted on 12/30/2023 6:34:16 AM PST by nopardons
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To: dfwgator

The Pyschic on tv?


29 posted on 12/30/2023 6:45:12 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( M)
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To: knighthawk

Uniparty rule is jut so efficient isn’t it.


30 posted on 12/30/2023 6:48:31 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: knighthawk

Meanwhile the J6 prisoners face dozens of charges, including additional charges tacked on after they pled guilty to lesser ones.


31 posted on 12/30/2023 6:59:22 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan

It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.


32 posted on 12/30/2023 7:26:01 AM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Exactly.


33 posted on 12/30/2023 7:33:11 AM PST by drwoof
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To: Rlsau1

IT AIN’T OVER YET.

PLENTY OF TIME FOR HIS “SUICIDE”.


34 posted on 12/30/2023 7:46:44 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: knighthawk

Covering up massive Democrat election finance fraud is a “strong public interest”. Doesn’t everyone define “public” as “Democrat”?


35 posted on 12/30/2023 8:45:25 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: knighthawk

Yes. That’s it.


36 posted on 12/30/2023 9:26:29 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: knighthawk

Gasp!/sarc


37 posted on 12/30/2023 9:39:44 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: RebelTXRose

He’s exactly like a thirty-something Madoff.


38 posted on 12/30/2023 9:40:31 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

There are many interesting differences between the two.

Madoff was a founder of an entire stock exchange and was as reputable as they come—a legitimate industry leader—before he turned into a crook.

Sam the Scammer was just a number cruncher with no real credentials to lure in investors. He was not a great public speaker, had zero charisma, had a team of autists—total joke. He was a creature of the Bitcoin craze—the modern version of tulip bulbs.


39 posted on 12/30/2023 9:43:57 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: knighthawk

Could it because he ILLEGALLY donated to the Democrats [AND REPUBLICANS]???

yes indeed, it could be ...


40 posted on 12/30/2023 9:53:20 AM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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