Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of now imprisoned crypto-scammer Sam Bankman-Fried, are reportedly trying to appeal to President Trump for a pardon for their son.
This is incredibly ironic, when you consider the fact that Bankman-Fried was accused of using his scam to help Democrats and keep Republicans like Donald Trump from holding office.
As the Gateway Pundit reported in March of 2024, Bankman-Fried was the second biggest Democrat donor after only left-wing billionaire George Soros.
His parents have a lot of nerve seeking a pardon from Trump.
Breitbart News reports:
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents Scheming to Get Son Pardoned by Trump
The parents of disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are reportedly scheming to get Sam pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Stanford Law School Professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried reportedly had meetings recently with lawyers and others in Trump’s orbit to have Sam Bankman-Fried receive clemency.
Bankman-Fried was sentenced last March to 25 years after being convicted of five counts of conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud.
The former CEO of the digital currency exchange FTX has made the case that his sentence was “draconian” as FTX customers have largely recovered most of the money they had lost.
Ryan Salame, a former FTX executive who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison, also seeks a pardon.
It’s difficult to imagine Trump going along with this.
Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest donors to all of Trump’s worst political enemies, the same people who tried to put Trump in prison.
Trump giving him a pardon would be the worst unforced error of his political career. https://t.co/HR2Vwcp3SW
— ☈ (@revenant_MMXX) January 31, 2025
Apparently Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents are trying to get a presidential pardon from Trump. These are the same two who donated millions upon millions to Biden and the DNC. pic.twitter.com/D01FCVlGqg
— DΛVID (@DavidShares) January 30, 2025
Under no circumstances should President Trump pardon this guy.
Sam Bankman-Fried must spend many more decades in prison. pic.twitter.com/1HZtx7txj9
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025
Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried were probably hoping that Kamala Harris would win the election and pardon their son. American voters had other plans.
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