No Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried, Trump Says

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former head of FTX, is in prison for a huge financial scam. He got 25 years for stealing billions from customers. Now, he wants a pardon. But Donald Trump, the former U. S. president, says no way. Trump made this clear in a recent interview. He won't pardon Bankman-Fried or other big-name prisoners. Bankman-Fried's team has been working hard to change his image. They want people to see him as a good person who made mistakes. His parents, who are law professors, even wrote to the court. They said a long prison sentence is too harsh. Bankman-Fried also gave an interview from jail. He tried to show he wasn't all bad. But many people think he's just trying to get out of trouble.Bankman-Fried used to give lots of money to Democrats. But now he says he also gave to Republicans. He wants people to think he's not just a Democrat. Maybe he thinks this will help him get a pardon from a Republican president. But Trump doesn't seem to care. He has pardoned other people, but not Bankman-Fried. The fraud happened before Biden became president. So, Trump doesn't see Bankman-Fried as a victim of political prosecution. Bankman-Fried's actions hurt many people. He took their money and lost it. Now, he's in prison for a long time. He wants a second chance, but Trump says no. It's a reminder that even powerful people can face consequences for their actions. The crypto world is still recovering from the fallout. Many people lost trust in crypto companies. The government is now watching them more closely.