POPA ReconUS Senate Votes Against Any Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried
US Senate Votes Against Any Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried The US Senate passed a resolution saying FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should “under no circumstances” receive a pardon or commutation — cleared by unanimous consent, with no senator objecting. Led by Cynthia Lummis and Ruben Gallego, the measure is non-binding. “He had his day in court,” Lummis said; Gallego added, “Keep him locked up.” SBF was convicted in 2023 on seven fraud counts over FTX’s $8B+ collapse and is not eligible for release until around 2044. The vote follows his clemency bid and Trump’s earlier pardons of CZ and Ross…
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