FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Has Formally Filed for a Pardon From President Trump

Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, moved forward with a new legal effort on Monday by filing a request for a presidential pardon from President Trump. Bankman-Fried’s Pardon Bid Bloomberg reported that Bankman-Fried submitted an application to the Office of the Pardon Attorney within the US Department of […]

Sam Bankman-Fried has formally filed a presidential pardon application while continuing to challenge his conviction and 25-year prison sentence through the U.S. appeals process. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney website, the former FTX…

Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted FTX co-founder serving a 25-year federal prison sentence, formally submitted a presidential pardon application to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney on June 8, 2026. Breaking: Formal Petition Confirmed Bloomberg first reported the filing on Monday morning. The application is now visible on the DOJ’s public clemency […]

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