From behind jail bars, Sam Bankman-Fried continues to make headlines. Though he stole $8 billion from FTX prospects, he thinks he has an opportunity on his 2023 enchantment, or his new 2026 professional se (self-represented) retrial request.
In actuality, he’s merely following cringeworthy pre-written plans to use any media stunt that has an opportunity of getting him out of jail.
Ever the autist, Bankman-Fried wrote down techniques to get out of custody after his arrest. Haphazardly, he itemized them in a easy Google Doc that quickly went via authorized discovery processes.
Because of a sentencing submission that helped earn him a 25-year jail sentence, the felony mastermind’s previously “confidential” doc is now within the public area.
Placing Bankman-Fried’s January 15, 2023 doc side-by-side along with his broadcasts from jail immediately, anybody can rapidly establish his premeditated stunts.
Sam Bankman-Fried Google Doc written January 15, 2023. Supply: PACER, Bloomberg
For instance, he proposed a pretend conversion to win over conservatives. “Go on Tucker Carlsen, come out as a republican… Come out against the woke agenda.”
As one other technique to fabricate sympathetic media protection, “Have Michael Lewis interview me on e.g. ABC.”
Bankman-Fried was so determined that he thought an argumentative podcast look could be price a shot. “Go head to head with Matt Levine on Odd Lots, really lean in to arguments.”
To be particular, Bankman-Fried wrote 12 concepts after US authorities indicted, arrested, extradited, and arraigned him. A dozen last-ditch efforts to control the media.
“Come out with a strong anti-Binance message,” he thought. If solely he may persuade individuals to hate CZ greater than his personal crimes.
A jury convicted Bankman-Fried on seven felony costs. Though he has a proper to file appeals and requests for retrials, these efforts are exceedingly unlikely to realize appellate approval.
The more than likely consequence is that his jail sentence won’t change, leaving him with just one hope: a presidential pardon.
if you happen to watch what’s taking place, somebody is at present working additional time to fabricate consent round an SBF pardon
narrative rewrite being promoted with smaller accounts and propagated and unfold by bigger accounts
pardon by summer time, mark my phrases
— Meltem Demirors (@Melt_Dem) February 12, 2026
‘It’s like, simply get me out of right here’
On the subject of pardons, which Donald Trump has handed out generously to rich crypto insiders like Ross Ulbricht and Changpeng Zhao, YouTuber Atrioc summarized his view of Bankman-Fried’s thought course of.
“I think after two years in the same jail as Diddy, SBF finally realized, no matter how embarrassing it is, he’s got to use his 10 minutes a week of internet access. Because he recently tweeted this: Why I became a Republican in 2022.”
Laughing on the apparent self-interest of Bankman-Fried’s broadcast from jail and half-hearted conversion, Atrioc highlighted his difficult-to-believe assertions.
“Biden bungled crypto,” he tweeted from jail by way of a proxy.
“Biden bungled COVID,” Bankman-Fried parroted Trump fashion. “Insane Dem woke policies.”
Atrioc known as out these apparent theatrics. “Such as you virtually need to respect that he waited two years earlier than going for the pardon. He went for the Hail Mary pardon, as a result of Trump’s pardoning each villain you possibly can see.
“It is the most transparent pardon attempt you can imagine. He tags Trump like every post. It’s just embarrassing, it’s embarrassingly transparent. It’s like, just get me out of here.”
