Sam Bankman-Fried—Serving 25 Years For Fraud—Formally Applies For Trump Pardon
The petition is listed as pending, and Trump has already pardoned several crypto figures.
- On Monday, June 8, 2026, Sam Bankman-Fried filed an official pardon application with the Justice Department Pardon Attorney Office while serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud and conspiracy related to the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
- Bankman-Fried has spent months aligning with President Donald Trump's positions, writing through intermediaries to praise the president's decision to launch strikes against Iran and arguing that Trump helped "save" the Securities and Exchange Commission by replacing Chair Gary Gensler with Paul Atkins.
- Previously a Democratic donor, SBF is attempting to ingratiate himself with Republicans as his parents, Stanford Law School professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, have explored pardon possibilities with figures in Trump's orbit.
- Since returning to office, Trump has pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, and BitMEX co-founders, while an NBC News analysis found more than half of individual pardons went to white-collar criminals.
- Despite the application, Trump's support remains uncertain; in a January interview with The New York Times, he stated that Bankman-Fried should not count on clemency, grouping him with other defendants he did not intend to pardon.
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Sam Bankman-Fried applied for Trump pardon
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has formally applied for a pardon, as he serves out a 25-year sentence on fraud charges tied to the high-profile collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried is seeking a pardon after the completion of his sentence, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s website. The disgraced crypto mogul, who was…
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