Uh oh! SBF wants to testify…
TL;DR
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SBF’s lawyer’s are able to name a bunch of witnesses in an try to persuade the jury of his innocence.
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The final witness to take the stand? It is going to be none aside from Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried.
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The massive query is: Will Sam proceed to play the “aw shucks, I assume I obtained a bit out of my depths and tousled by chance” card? If he does, we could also be about to see a public self-destruction of historic proportions.
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As of in the present day, the Federal Authorities is winding down its case towards Sam Bankman-Fried.
Which suggests SBF’s lawyer’s are as much as bat, the place they’re going to name a bunch of witnesses in an try to persuade the jury of Sam’s innocence.
The final witness to take the stand?
It is going to be none aside from Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried.
Here is why everyone seems to be on the sting of their seat about this:
After FTX collapsed, Sam had (and apparently continues to have) an angle of “I can persuade everybody of my innocence, if solely I used to be given the time and acceptable attain.”
That is why we noticed him on the media circuit, whilst all the things was going up in flames round him – he thought he may speak his manner out of it.
Which is often a TERRIBLE concept, and solely helps prosecutors to construct a case towards you (there is a cause all of us have a ‘proper to stay silent’).
The massive query is:
Will Sam proceed to play the “aw shucks, I assume I obtained a bit out of my depths and tousled by chance” card?
(Particularly after a number of witnesses have given sworn testimony that he knew full nicely what he was doing).
If he does, we could also be about to see a public self-destruction of historic proportions.
We’ll let you recognize what goes down, as quickly as Sam takes the stand.
