After SBF Got 25 Years US Opposes His Pro Se New Trial Motion and Republican Coming Out

After SBF Got 25 Years US Opposes His Pro Se New Trial Motion and Republican Coming Out by Matthew Russell Lee SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 11 – 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," audio/book here.   On March 28, 2024, Inner City Press live tweeted his sentencing, to 25 years. On May 28 Salame was "sentenced to 90 months." On August 21, Salame filed that "the Government used the plea negotiations to threaten Salame’s domestic partner and the mother of his child, Michelle Bond." Full filing on Patreon here. On February 10, SBF - via his monther - filed a pro se motion for a new trial, arguing why Salame and Daniel Chapsky did not testify. On March 11 the US Attorney's Office filed a 44 page opposition, including that "the defendant’s weaponization narrative offers no basis for a new trial. For one thing, the defendant’s claim to political victimhood is incoherent on its own terms: The defendant was one of the largest Democratic donors in 2020 and 2022, and his campaign finance crimes were in furtherance of making those contributions, so the notion he was targeted for his Democratic politics by the prior presidential administration is fanciful. For another, the defendant planned to make these complaints even before he was convicted at trial as part of a cynical, pre-planned strategy to seek leniency. His list of things to do included appearing on Tucker Carlson’s program, “coming out as a Republican,” criticizing the bankruptcy lawyers as a “cartel,” and leveraging private political donations as the foundation for a political repositioning"- full 44 pages on Patreon here. More details on X for Subscribers here, Substack here *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222 NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com