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Waste of time. Just buy a pardon [1][2][3][4][5]. [1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/
by jmyeet 4mo ago
Waste of time. Just buy a pardon [1][2][3][4][5].
[1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-...
[2]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-pardon-economy https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-...
[3]: https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-pardon-3fcebb0a3820cecb205656f2dc3f6764 https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-...
[4]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o
[5]: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-exchange-money-laundering.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-e...
- matwood 4mo agoYeah, it's odd he can't scrape together a couple million and just get a pardon. It seems like the people who were able to pick up FTX claims for .50-.60 on the dollar, and have now made a killing, would toss Sam a tip.
- dylan604 4mo agoWhy would they? What would be the return for them?
- porkchoppers 4mo agoOn the same basis as phishing emails having spelling mistakes a smart pyramid scheme would hire him as a mascot to keep the idiots buying and the critical analysis hard to separate from jokes.
- matwood 4mo agoNothing is in it for them. It’s why I called it a tip - like tipping your blackjack dealer when you have a good run.
- vessenes 4mo agoTrump reportedly was disinterested in SBF money. During his tenure, SBF leaned left - with Clinton and others as paid speakers for events.
- SoftTalker 4mo agoTrump himself supported Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2008.
- kelnos 4mo agoNot sure how that's relevant. Trump does whatever Trump thinks is good for Trump. I'm sure his support of Clinton back then made sense to him, as did shifting far right several years later. If he thinks accepting money from SBF will be good for him, he'll do it. If not, he won't. I suspect SBF is going to be left out in the cold, though, so Trump can say he's tough on white-collar crime, while pardoning the Binance guy and so many other rich fraudsters.
- SoftTalker 4mo agoI was responding to the implication that SBF's association with the Clintons was a reason he would not get any favors from Trump. Trump has had a lot of associates on the D side of the ballot over the years, pretty much unavoidable if you're a wheeler-dealer in New York.
- philipov 4mo agoWhy would Trump's previous associations with the Democratic party prevent him from spiting someone else's associations with the Democratic party? That would require he not be a complete hypocrite. On the other hand, associating SBF with the Democrats makes them look bad. Why pardon an albatross around the neck of your enemies?
- benzible 4mo agoHe keeps trying: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/06/08/sam-bankman-fried-officially-asks-donald-trump-for-a-presidential-pardon https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/06/08/sam-bankman-fried... Hasn't succeeded yet, probably because he doesn't have the money, also too publicly associated with the Democratic Party. I wouldn't be shocked if Trump does it in the end because his empathy seems to be reserved for high-profile scammers.
- tdb7893 4mo agoHe was a top Democrat donor (the article says he was their number 2 individual donor in 2022) so I doubt he could buy one. Not that he seemed particularly left leaning himself and he also donated to Republicans but 5.2 million publicly to Biden seems like a dealbreaker. https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donations/ https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donatio...
- rootsudo 4mo agoAnd this is why you play both sides.
- SoftTalker 4mo agoNot until 2028 anyway, depending on outcomes...