Biden-Era DOJ 'Threatened' Key Witnesses Into Silence, Alleges Sam Bankman-Fried As Jailed Crypto Fraudster Files Request For New FTX Trial

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Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year condemnation for the FTX scam, alleged connected Wednesday that the Justice Department nether Joe Biden threatened cardinal defence witnesses, preventing them from testifying that the speech was solvent.

Bankman-Fried, popularly known arsenic SBF, filed a petition for a caller proceedings successful a Manhattan court. The motion, filed connected February 5, stated that Daniel Chapsky, erstwhile FTX caput of partnerships, Ryan Salame, erstwhile FTX Digital Markets co-CEO, and Nishad Singh, erstwhile FTX engineering director, were “threatened” by the DOJ into soundlessness oregon changing their statements.

“My condemnation should beryllium thrown out,” SBF said successful an X post, referencing the excerpts from the motion.

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SBF besides targeted Judge Lewis Kaplan, the 1 who sentenced him to 25 years successful prison, saying, “Judge Lewis Kaplan should recuse himself from this motion.”

Interestingly, Kaplan besides presided implicit President Donald Trump’s federal defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, starring SBF to presumption the justice arsenic a communal adversary.

The DOJ didn’t instantly instrumentality Benzinga’s petition for comment.

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SBF’s question included a connection of enactment from Chapsky, who stated that helium would person refuted “false claims” of FTX’s insolvency had helium been allowed to testify. Unlike different FTX executives, Chapsky avoided ineligible consequences.

Salame pleaded blameworthy to transgression fraud charges and was sentenced to 90 months successful prison, portion Singh avoided situation but was ordered to forfeit implicit $1 cardinal and to beryllium supervised for 3 years. Notably, Singh testified against SBF arsenic a prosecution witness.

The caller question follows SBF’s claims that FTX was “never bankrupt,” blaming Sullivan & Cromwell lawyers for filing a bigus bankruptcy case.