Ever since Donald Trump took office and declared himself a “pro-crypto president,” the disgraced founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been working to convince the administration that he is now a Republican.
The former Democratic megadonor is apparently hoping his right-wing leanings can help him avoid a 25-year prison sentence after Joe Biden’s Justice Department proved he stole more than $8 billion from clients of his cryptocurrency exchange.
These days, Bankman-Fried often praises Trump’s policies and quotes his Truth Social posts on X, where his bio confirms that the posts are: “Words of SBF. Posted through a proxy.” He also regularly speaks out against Democrats, including Biden officials, who he claimed in a motion for a new trial intimidated FTX employees into lying on the stand or refusing to testify in order to remove Bankman-Fried as a political enemy.
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