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Bail for Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX was revoked last month on charges that he had tampered with witnesses.
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Bail for Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX was revoked last month on charges that he had tampered with witnesses.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's argument that being jailed just two months before his trial on federal fraud charges violated his right to free speech. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan revoked Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail on Aug. 11, finding probable cause to believe that the defendant had tampered with witnesses. This included his sharing the personal writings of Caroline Ellison, the former
An unrelated fraud case could provide prosecutors with leverage over the First Son, if they choose to exert it.
His dissent echoes Justice Scalia and signals future debates over what is and isn’t allowed under separated powers.
Kahn breezed through the committee approval process last year, but her nomination was in jeopardy after the full Senate failed to schedule a confirmation vote late in the year.