Crypto Lawyer Warns Of 'Massive' Lobby To Pardon FTX Founder

Crypto Lawyer Warns Of 'Massive' Lobby To Pardon FTX Founder

Conservative activist Laura Loomer and crypto attorney John E. Deaton ignited a fresh wave of controversy around Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal fate, alleging a “massive and well funded” push to secure presidential clemency for the convicted FTX founder. Their claims arrive against the hard legal backdrop of Bankman-Fried’s 25-year federal sentence and an $11 billion forfeiture order—facts that sharply constrain the practical pathways for any pardon …

John Deaton Rejects Any SBF Pardon As DOJ And FBI Stand By 25-Year Sentence

Deaton urged leaders to reject any SBF pardon, citing scale of FTX fraud. DOJ, FBI, and SDNY kept the 25-year sentence and $11B forfeiture intact. Reports of a lobbying push for clemency kept scrutiny on the case. Attorney John E. Deaton has urged authorities and political leaders to reject any effort to pardon or commute the sentence of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX chief convicted of arranging one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. hi…