by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 17 – On the US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial, hours after the guilty verdict, a book was published: "Crypto Criminal: The Conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried: As live tweeted and investigated from inside the SDNY courthouse by Matthew Russell Lee," paperback coming (in the morning?) for now, 200 page ebook here.
Soft cover here.
"When at last the Sam Bankman-Fried trial started on October 3, 2023 with jury selection, after Sam had been remanded to the MDC jail, the courtroom on the 26th floor was full, and an overflow room established on the 23rd. The author went back and forth between them, and down to the Press Room he'd been admitted to after six months of covering cases here, after he was thrown out of the UN...
"He did not know then how it or he would turn out. It could have been called, Crypto Houdini. But it wasn't." And a second trial?
On November 7 Judge Kaplan issued a two page order explaining his bases for denying SBF's bid to dig into alleged inconsistencies in Gary Wang's and Nishad Singh's prior testimony, the former about "allow negative" and on Singh whether he felt "a pit in his stomach" as he bought the house or after. Judge Kaplan found it "of no moment."
On November 17 SBF's lawyers asked for more time: "On behalf of our client, Samuel Bankman-Fried, we respectfully submit this letter to request an extension until Friday, December 1, 2023, to file our post-trial motions, as well as a corresponding adjustment to the other filing deadlines. Under the current schedule, defense motions are due Monday, November 20, 2023; the Government’s response" - letter on Patreon here.
Inner City Press live tweeted the voir dire and now, more on Substack here
and all on Patreon here
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