This story doesn't mean anything. SBF has been "seeking" a pardon for over a year now. There's no due process consideration for obtaining a pardon; "applying" for one doesn't get you anything more than asking for one on Twitter would --- given the current administration, asking on Twitter might get you further! I don't think SBF's case is slipping the administration's mind.
Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump
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#23This story doesn't mean anything. SBF has been "seeking" a pardon for over a year now. There's no due process consideration for obtaining a pardon; "applying" for one doesn't get you anything more than asking for one on Twitter would --- given the current administration, asking on Twitter might get you further! I don't think SBF's case is slipping the administration's mind.
> given the current administration, asking on Twitter might get you further!
Doesn't matter how you "apply", as long as the cash is received.
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#24I was expecting this to be done by now as the administration is not worried about optics, so not sure what’s holding it up.
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#25Do pardons require a full confession?
There's this notion from the Supreme Court case Burdick v. United States (1915) that accepting a pardon is an implicit admission of guilt. Therefore, a person can refuse a pardon. There isn't anything in the decision to justify the argument that accepting the pardon is an admission of guilt, it's just stated as a fact. It seems at odds with situations where pardons have been used to correct miscarriages of justice in cases of factual innocence.
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#26I was expecting this to be done by now as the administration is not worried about optics, so not sure what’s holding it up.
Unlike CZ, who made Trump and his family hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars, SBF has absolutely nothing to offer Trump. He's broke and a complete outcast.
Ross Ulbricht became a cause celebre among libertarians, but SBF was always genuinely despised by pretty much everyone.
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#28This isn't that surprising after it was reported on that he had notes about claiming to "come out as a Republican and against the woke agenda" as a PR plan to defend himself. (https://gizmodo.com/sbf-floated-coming-out-republican-tucker...) I wonder if Trump is selling pardons and whether SBF still has the means for it. It's depressing that the US's state of affairs is such that this might be a workable strategy for him.
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#29> Trump has pardoned a number of people who have donated large sums to his political campaigns. It will be interesting to see how he'll be able to spin his well-documented donations to Democratic causes and sell that to the current administration: "He personally gave at least $40 million to politicians and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, mostly to Democrats and liberal-leaning groups,…
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