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Sam Bankman-Fried: Being Sent to Jail Violates 'Free Speech Right'

Sam Bankman-Fried recently contended that being sent to jail will violate his “free speech right.” The FTX co-founder was also against the revocation of his bond. Last week, U.S. prosecutors asked the court to revoke Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bond. JUST IN: Sam Bankman-Fried says being put in jail violates his "free speech right." — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) August 2, 2023 As reported by Watcher Guru, SBF was granted a $250 million bail in December 2022. That had been recognized as the highest pre-trial bail bond in the history of the U.S. Two other individuals of “considerable means” also signed the bond. Also Read: FTX Confirms Plan to Relaunch Exchange Being Detained Raises ‘Serious’ First Amendment Issues: SBF’s lawyer Recently, the New York Times published an article featuring excerpts from a diary written by Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research. After the article went live, prosecutor...

Ex-FTX US Head Brett Harrison Stresses He Was Unaware of SBF’s Scheme

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Watcher.Guru had earlier reported that Anthony Scaramucci is planning to invest in Brett Harrison’s cryptocurrency company. Brett Harrison, who was the previous head of the FTX US branch, recently dropped a tweet explaining his journey at FTX. He also describes how he moved out of the company to start his own firm. In a 49-tweet-long Twitter thread, Harrison digs deep into his relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried. He speaks about his 17-month journey and the actual reason why he quit his job at FTX. Source: Techstory FTX didn’t feel like the dream job, says Harrison Narrating his journey with FTX US, he stated that he didn’t feel like FTX was his dream job, even though it appeared that way to the industry and media. 3/49 The truth was that FTX US hadn’t felt to me like the dream job it appeared to the industry and media for some time, and my departure was not abrupt. — Brett Harrison (@BrettHarrison88) January 14, 2023 Harrison’s jour...