The decision to avoid a second trial charging Sam Bankman-Fried with a conspiracy to make unlawful political donations and bribery of foreign officials has many conservatives up in arms.
Federal prosecutors said Friday that they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, citing public interest in a speedy resolution of the case that has seemingly irritated those who were hoping to see the disgraced FTX founder prosecuted to the fullest extent.
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The decision by prosecutors not to hold a second trial against Bankman-Fried quickly drew backlash from those who had followed the case.
"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," Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., wrote in a Friday night post to X.
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Conservative commentator John Cardillo also weighed in on the announcement from prosecutors, accusing the Department of Justice of shielding Democrats from being named as recipients of Bankman-Fried donations.
"Sam Bankman-Fried will not face second trial," Cardillo wrote in an X post. "DOJ is protecting his Dem donation recipients."
CryptoLaw founder John Deaton, who has consistently commented on Bankman-Fried's case, slammed the decision by prosecutors as a "disgrace."
"The DOJ has shown again, that it is NOT an independent agency," Deaton said on X. "Who is the Attorney General protecting?"
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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk also commented on the prosecutors' move to not hold a second trial for Bankman-Fried, insisting that the case has "became too high-profile for the DOJ to completely ignore."
"The SBF case became too high-profile for the DOJ to completely ignore, but they made sure laundering $100 million of customers’ money to Schumer, Biden, and McConnell and other dark money groups would never blow back on the ‘elite.’ Trump faces 700 years in federal prison, but America’s uniparty cabal just gave themselves a get out of jail free card. You’re witnessing DC corruption in realtime," Kirk wrote in a social media post.
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