Tucker Carlson's interview with shame CEO CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, distributed Online Thursday, It appears a transparent ploy to get the media's attention with the aim of ultimately marking a forgiveness from President Donald Trump. But it seems that the SBF is now paying a price for the interview. The former billionaire has been reported to have been thrown away because the interview was not approved by the US Bureau of Prisons, according to a new report from the New York Times.
According to the timesThe Bureau of Prisons has strict policies on how interviews are conducted on prisoners, and the federal newspaper agency confirms that it did not give permission for the interview with Carlson to continue. We do not know when the interview took place, even though the clues suggest that it was Wednesday, the day before it was published online on social media platforms such as Rumble and X. SBF is currently being held at the Metropolitan detention Center in Brooklyn.
It is also unclear what kind of equipment was used to allow SBF and Carlson to talk. It is absolutely possible that SBF only used a smuggled smartphone to talk to Carlson, and while it seemed like the most straightforward way to achieve an interview like this, that was pure speculation. SBF suggested in his chat with Carlson that he was actually missing out on having high-tech devices at his disposal, even though the topic only came when the former Fox News host asked if the executive executive was previously stimulants before he entered prison. The SBF blames his misconduct in old interviews for being distracted by tech devices. Carlson took the opportunity to say that tech was unhealthy.
The new report from The New York Times seems to confirm what anyone has a little common sense to assume when Carlson's interview: The SBF, who is currently delivering a 25-year sentence for fraud after his Crypto company FTX collapsed in 2022, angry for a forgiveness from President Trump.
Bankman-fried parents Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried, were two law professors in Stanford and were reported to consult Kory Langhofer, an Arizona lawyer who had previously worked at Trump's President's campaigns in 2016 and 2020, according to The Times. Langhofer may have a deep connection to the Trump world, but newspaper reports they do not directly contact Trump. At least, not yet.
But it seems to be an upward climbing for the SBF and his family to get a forgiveness from Trump. The Times states that the effort “does not appear to get traction,” and it is easy to predict that former SBF organizations with high-profile democratic can hurt his chances. However, the SBF himself admitted once he was in prison that he secretly donated to Republicans before the FTX implosion.
The SBF said on Thursday's stage of Carlson's show that he did not believe that he was “saved” by Democrats while persecuted during Joe Biden's years because they knew he was also giving Republicans. Carlson continues to act throughout the interview that seems normal and just justified for wealthy people who have donated politicians who expect corrupt in favor of the same people in their time of need. But the SBF didn't really take the bait, saying it was “inappropriate” to seek help.
Recently Ross Ulbricht is forgiven. Ulbricht's forgiveness is actually a promise of the campaign that Trump made in the lead up to election, is largely seen as a favor in the crypto community, considering Ulbricht a hero.
Bankman-fried did not clearly request a forgiveness from Trump during his interview, and it seemed clear at this point that no matter how desperate he was to get out of prison, he would let things happen behind the scenes instead of apologizing. But who knows what might happen in the future. The SBF was 33 on Thursday and served only a few years of a 25-year sentence.
