After SBF Got 25 Years Now 2d Circuit Denies His Appeal as Pardon Request Pends

After SBF Got 25 Years Now 2d Circuit Denies His Appeal as Pardon Request Pends by Matthew Russell Lee SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 12 – 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, full 44 pages on Patreon here. Docketed on March 16, SBF through his mother Barbara Fried asked for more time to reply; she says SBF will be moved from Terminal Island soon, without saying to where or why. Filing on Patreon here. On March 19, after Judge Kaplan admonished his mother for the letter and apparently a telephone call to chambers, SBF's own letter was docketed, asking for an extension of time due to a move from Terminal Island - letter on Patreon here Jump cut to May 6 when the US Attorney's Office filed a motion for forfeiture by SBF of "$10,000,000 in United States currency (plus any interest income and net of applicable expenses) that is currently being held in an account at Fiduciary Trust Company representing the return of the investment made by the Defendant in Semafor, Inc" - filing on Patreon here On June 12, the Second Circuit by a panel of PARKER, LEE, and KAHN, Circuit Judges, denied SBF's appeal, finding among other things that the preview of his testimony by Judge Kaplan was permissible. But his pardon request is pending.... 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