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flag Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried seeks Trump’s pardon for fraud, but faces bipartisan opposition.

flag In 2026, Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX CEO serving a 25-year sentence for fraud, is pushing for a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, framing his prosecution as politically motivated. flag His campaign, amplified through social media, has drawn strong opposition from top Republican lawmakers including Bernie Moreno and Cynthia Lummis, who reject clemency, citing harm to investors and damage to the crypto industry’s credibility. flag Despite Trump’s past pardons of controversial crypto figures, he reportedly has no intention of pardoning Bankman-Fried, and the effort faces widespread skepticism across party lines.

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