Sam Bankman-Fried’s Turn to the Right Spurs Skepticism, but Could It Go Deeper Than Pardon Politics?
The erstwhile crypto-king insists that his ideological commitments were never those of a dyed-in-the-wool leftist.
The rightward political trajectory of the fallen crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried, disclosed to The New York Sun in a jailhouse interview, has occasioned skepticism — but could it amount to something more than expedient appeal to a president who holds the power to erase a sentence of a quarter century behind bars?
Some in the press see in Mr. Bankman-Fried’s disclosures to the Sun evidence of a superficial shift. Coinpedia asks: “FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Begs Trump for Pardon – Will Crypto’s Fallen King Walk Free?” The New York Post contends: “Sam Bankman-Fried rips Biden over ‘politicization’ of DOJ, warms to Trump.” Cointribune reckons: “The Founder Of FTX Courts Republicans From His Prison.”
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