Federal prosecutors asked a judge to reject Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial, arguing that the former FTX chief failed to show his 2023 conviction was unfair, according to Bloomberg.
The pushback targets two pillars of Bankman-Fried’s retrial bid. Prosecutors said the testimony of former FTX executives Daniel Chapsky and Ryan Salame does not qualify as newly discovered evidence because both were known to the defense before trial and could have been called then. Prosecutors also dismissed Bankman-Fried’s claim of Biden-era DOJ “weaponization” as incoherent, pointing to his own history as a major Democratic donor and to campaign finance allegations tied to those contributions.
The next step is Judge Lewis Kaplan’s ruling on the motion. Until then, the retrial request remains another live front in Bankman-Fried’s broader post-conviction fight, alongside his pending appeal. For market observers, the case remains a high-visibility reminder that the legal aftershocks of FTX are still moving through the courts.
Source: Bloomberg.
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