SBF: "I never thought that what I was doing was illegal"

By Milan_Griffes @ 2024-04-02T05:07 (+3)

This is a linkpost to https://nypost.com/2024/04/01/business/sam-bankman-fried-speaks-out-for-first-time-after-25-year-prison-sentence/

https://nypost.com/2024/04/01/business/sam-bankman-fried-speaks-out-for-first-time-after-25-year-prison-sentence (a)

“I never thought that what I was doing was illegal,” Bankman-Fried told ABC News on Sunday. “But I tried to hold myself to a high standard, and I certainly didn’t meet that standard.”

Jason @ 2024-04-02T14:58 (+2)

~99% of the time you prevail on appeal as a criminal defendant, you get a new trial, not a mandate commanding the district court to acquit you. Even after his trial experience, SBF seems either unwilling or unable to understand why talking to the press is a bad idea for someone in his shoes.