Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers continue to claim their client is innocent and deny allegations of witness tampering. The former FTX CEO is in hot water after a discussion with a New York Times reporter.
In a court filing published on Aug. 1, 2023, lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried asked the court presiding over the case to revoke his bail ahead of the trial.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Defend Actions Ahead of Trial
The lawyers argue that the bail is “extremely thin” to begin with and relies heavily on assumptions and unsupported claims. They go on to say that the contact with the New York Times reporter was not sufficient to justify detaining him in the first place. The filing reads,
“The Government is wrong. Its version of events mischaracterizes the facts and removes them from their proper context to cast Mr. Bankman-Fried’s actions and intentions in the most negative light possible…Witness-1 initiated the…
