Sam Bankman-Fried
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Yes, but very, very few. I was surprised. It makes sense in retrospect. Yeah. anyone who was close to me ended up with a gun to their head, you know, being told that they had two options, and one of them involved decades in prison. And, I mean, I think Ryan Salem is sort of
the saddest example of that and the most disgusting example from the government's perspective where you know they charged him of totally bogus crimes um he he said no i'll see you in court this so they went back and said all right well how about your pregnant wife um what if we put her in prison
the saddest example of that and the most disgusting example from the government's perspective where you know they charged him of totally bogus crimes um he he said no i'll see you in court this so they went back and said all right well how about your pregnant wife um what if we put her in prison
the saddest example of that and the most disgusting example from the government's perspective where you know they charged him of totally bogus crimes um he he said no i'll see you in court this so they went back and said all right well how about your pregnant wife um what if we put her in prison
And so he pleads guilty because they're his wife in prison, which no sane legal system would make that a permissible thing for a prosecution to do. And then he wasn't even charged with most of what the other people who pled guilty were charged with. You know, Ryan, he doesn't testify at trial because he doesn't want to lie. He doesn't want to say what the government wants him to say.
And so he pleads guilty because they're his wife in prison, which no sane legal system would make that a permissible thing for a prosecution to do. And then he wasn't even charged with most of what the other people who pled guilty were charged with. You know, Ryan, he doesn't testify at trial because he doesn't want to lie. He doesn't want to say what the government wants him to say.
And so he pleads guilty because they're his wife in prison, which no sane legal system would make that a permissible thing for a prosecution to do. And then he wasn't even charged with most of what the other people who pled guilty were charged with. You know, Ryan, he doesn't testify at trial because he doesn't want to lie. He doesn't want to say what the government wants him to say.
And he ends up getting four times as much prison time as the other three guilty pleas combined. And, like, he couldn't send a clear message. Is it because he was a Republican or is it because he refused to power the government's lies at trial? Like, those are the only things I can imagine why they give him seven and a half years in prison.
And he ends up getting four times as much prison time as the other three guilty pleas combined. And, like, he couldn't send a clear message. Is it because he was a Republican or is it because he refused to power the government's lies at trial? Like, those are the only things I can imagine why they give him seven and a half years in prison.
And he ends up getting four times as much prison time as the other three guilty pleas combined. And, like, he couldn't send a clear message. Is it because he was a Republican or is it because he refused to power the government's lies at trial? Like, those are the only things I can imagine why they give him seven and a half years in prison.
Totally. They went back on their promise and charged his wife anyway, like, you know, just just to sort of disabuse any notion of them sort of like operating in good faith. It's it's disgusting. He's he's a good guy. I, you know, he didn't serve any of that.
Totally. They went back on their promise and charged his wife anyway, like, you know, just just to sort of disabuse any notion of them sort of like operating in good faith. It's it's disgusting. He's he's a good guy. I, you know, he didn't serve any of that.
Totally. They went back on their promise and charged his wife anyway, like, you know, just just to sort of disabuse any notion of them sort of like operating in good faith. It's it's disgusting. He's he's a good guy. I, you know, he didn't serve any of that.
Yeah. Yeah. I feel it pretty acutely. And it's, you know, the sort of feeling of the world moving on without you.
Yeah. Yeah. I feel it pretty acutely. And it's, you know, the sort of feeling of the world moving on without you.
Yeah. Yeah. I feel it pretty acutely. And it's, you know, the sort of feeling of the world moving on without you.
No, different people in the community have different views on it. And at the end of the day, I mean, for five years, I felt like I had about 300 children most days, my employees. Like it was, obviously I couldn't be a father in the same way to all of them, but I felt responsible for them. I mean, feel terrible about all their work being tossed down the drain.
No, different people in the community have different views on it. And at the end of the day, I mean, for five years, I felt like I had about 300 children most days, my employees. Like it was, obviously I couldn't be a father in the same way to all of them, but I felt responsible for them. I mean, feel terrible about all their work being tossed down the drain.
No, different people in the community have different views on it. And at the end of the day, I mean, for five years, I felt like I had about 300 children most days, my employees. Like it was, obviously I couldn't be a father in the same way to all of them, but I felt responsible for them. I mean, feel terrible about all their work being tossed down the drain.
But I didn't have time for my personal life at all, basically, when I was running FTX. And I mean, I certainly am not in a position to have kids from in-person, so.