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Sam Bankman-Fried—Serving 25 Years For Fraud—Formally Applies For Trump Pardon

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FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a formal request for a presidential pardon, asking President Donald Trump to erase the estimated fraud charges tied to the crypto exchange’s implosion—a long-shot bid that comes after Trump said in January he was not planning to grant the FTX founder any clemency.

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