Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX founder serving 25 years for fraud, has formally applied for a presidential pardon.
The former crypto billionaire recently expressed support for Trump from prison despite previously donating heavily to Democratic campaigns.
Trump said in January he did not plan to pardon Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of orchestrating one of history's largest financial frauds.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto billionaire who orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, officially asked President Donald Trump for a pardon, according to the Justice Department’s website.
