Posted on 12/31/2023 12:57:17 AM PST by Libloather
Critics are accusing the DOJ of sweeping additional charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried under the rug, after prosecutors said he would not face a second trial for campaign finance violations following his conviction last month.
In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the 'strong public interest' in a prompt resolution of the case outweighed the benefits of a second trial.
In his letter to the court, US Attorney Damian Williams noted that prosecutors introduced evidence about all of the dropped charges during Bankman-Fried's monthlong first trial, where he was found guilty on all counts.
The additional, now dropped, charges included campaign finance violations and bribing foreign officials, which have yet to be approved by officials in the Bahamas, per the agreement that led to his extradition.
Some Republicans cried foul, noting that Bankman-Fried was a major donor to Democrats, including a reported $5.2 million infusion into President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign.
'So we won't know which politicians he bribed or who's campaigns he influenced? That collective sigh of relief you are hearing is from the DEEP STATE,' tweeted Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican.
The move also drew criticism from within the cryptocurrency industry, including Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer of crypto exchange Coinbase.
'I think this is a miscarriage of justice. The public interest in a public airing of charges almost always matters. Campaign finance charges are at the very top of this list,' Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, wrote on X.
'What politicians and others knew what and when are critical questions that deserve answers,' he added. 'Dropping this on a Friday night before a holiday only fuels public cynics about the politics of all this.'
Last month, jurors convicted Bankman-Fried, 31, on all seven fraud and conspiracy...
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The biggest problem in using this issue lies with the fact that it reveals the number of stealth Democrats among Republican officeholders.
The bribe takers control the DOJ
Expecting them to indict themselves is magical thinking
Because the cowardly and incompetent GOP will do nothing but write strongly worded letters that get wadded up and thrown in the trash.
Mitch McCrooked the fake republican received bribe money and never paid it back
DOJ = Democrats Owning Justice
It’s why you NEVER vote for one or trust one the last three years is living proof of it.
Garland’s DOJ isn’t going to lay a finger on DemocRAT turd rollers. They’re “brothers”.
Exactly, and things like that are one of a number of reasons I finally got fed up and left the GOP in 2021 after 35 years because they refuse to fight. Nothing but gutless cowards.
Who thought they’d ever be exposed?
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