Everybody was out to get Sam Bankman-Fried after the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange in 2022. At least that’s what his lawyers will tell an appeals court Tuesday as the FTX co-founder seeks to reverse his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence.
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers claim he was wrongly convicted in a rush to judgment by the press, prosecutors, the team that took over FTX in the wake of its stunning implosion, and, critically, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. […]
In their appeals briefs, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers focused on Kaplan, 80, who has been a federal court judge since 1994. They accused the judge of “repeatedly putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense.” They’re asking for a new trial with a different judge.
Source: SBF to Argue He Was ‘Presumed Guilty’ After FTX in Trial Appeal – Bloomberg