The U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ) is nonetheless insisting Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced FTX founder, be jailed pending trial after his counsels conceded that he shared Caroline Ellison’s diary with the New York Occasions, in accordance with an Aug. 3 courtroom submitting.
The DOJ claimed the motion of the previous FTX CEO in sharing the diary exceeds making a good remark, including that this and his earlier infractions had been sufficient grounds to ship him to jail.
In line with the DOJ, SBF allegedly shared Ellison’s diary in an try “to intimidate, harass, and embarrass somebody he is aware of is slated to testify in opposition to him and provoke an emotional response in potential jurors and shade a possible juror’s view of that witness.”
The DOJ additional argued that SBF’s alleged earlier contact with a witness in January led to a courtroom warning. On the time, the Court docket stated there was possible trigger to consider that SBF “dedicated or tried to commit a federal felony whereas on launch, particularly witness tampering or tried witness tampering.”
But, that has not stopped him from making an analogous try once more. The DOJ wrote:
“The report right here establishes that the defendant went past benignly exercising a constitutional proper to talk to the press—he took covert steps meant to improperly discredit a trial witness and taint the jury pool.”
The DOJ’s submitting refutes the protection workforce’s declare that the prosecution has misrepresented Bankman-Fried’s actions. In line with the DOJ, the protection workforce is making this error, detailing how SBF intentionally influenced a witness and public opinion a few witness whereas attempting to cover his tracks.
This submitting is the second from the DOJ after the prosecutors moved a movement to revoke SBF’s bail bond.
Within the first submitting, the prosecutors pointed to a number of situations the place SBF violated the circumstances for his home arrest. Alleged violations embody unauthorized communication with FTX.US’s Common Counsel and utilizing a VPN to observe the Tremendous Bowl.
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