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jmyeet 3 hours ago

Waste of time. Just buy a pardon [1][2][3][4][5].

[1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-...

[2]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-...

[3]: https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-...

[4]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o

[5]: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-e...

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benzible 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He keeps trying: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/06/08/sam-bankman-fried...

Hasn't succeeded yet, probably because he doesn't have the money, also too publicly associated with the Democratic Party. I wouldn't be shocked if Trump does it in the end because his empathy seems to be reserved for high-profile scammers.

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vessenes 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Trump reportedly was disinterested in SBF money. During his tenure, SBF leaned left - with Clinton and others as paid speakers for events.

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SoftTalker an hour ago | parent [-]

Trump himself supported Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2008.

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kelnos an hour ago | parent [-]

Not sure how that's relevant. Trump does whatever Trump thinks is good for Trump. I'm sure his support of Clinton back then made sense to him, as did shifting far right several years later.

If he thinks accepting money from SBF will be good for him, he'll do it. If not, he won't. I suspect SBF is going to be left out in the cold, though, so Trump can say he's tough on white-collar crime, while pardoning the Binance guy and so many other rich fraudsters.

	▲	SoftTalker an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I was responding to the implication that SBF's association with the Clintons was a reason he would not get any favors from Trump. Trump has had a lot of associates on the D side of the ballot over the years, pretty much unavoidable if you're a wheeler-dealer in New York.

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matwood 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, it's odd he can't scrape together a couple million and just get a pardon. It seems like the people who were able to pick up FTX claims for .50-.60 on the dollar, and have now made a killing, would toss Sam a tip.

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dylan604 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Why would they? What would be the return for them?

	▲	porkchoppers an hour ago \| parent [-]
		On the same basis as phishing emails having spelling mistakes a smart pyramid scheme would hire him as a mascot to keep the idiots buying and the critical analysis hard to separate from jokes.

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tdb7893 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He was a top Democrat donor (the article says he was their number 2 individual donor in 2022) so I doubt he could buy one. Not that he seemed particularly left leaning himself and he also donated to Republicans but 5.2 million publicly to Biden seems like a dealbreaker.

https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donatio...

	▲	SoftTalker an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not until 2028 anyway, depending on outcomes...
	▲	rootsudo 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		And this is why you play both sides.