Two senators don’t want Sam Bankman-Fried out of prison. On Wednesday, Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz), introduced a resolution urging the executive branch to ignore the FTX cofounder’s formal bid for a pardon. The resolution, which is not explicitly addressed to President Donald Trump, asserts that Bankman-Fried’s 25-year-sentence “serves the interests of justice” and wasn’t the product of an unfair investigation into the onetime crypto billionaire’s crimes, which Bankman-Fried has claimed since his conviction.
“Sam Bankman-Fried has clearly ramped up his pardon campaign, and Senator Lummis wants Fried to know [she] and her colleagues think he’s exactly where he belongs,” a spokesperson from Lummis’s office told Fortune.
In a statement, Gallego agreed: “He has shown no remorse for his crimes and has instead tried to laughably claim he is a victim of ‘lawfare.’ What a joke. Keep him locked up.”
The two members of Congress, who are both part of the Senate Banking Committee, say they aim to quickly pass the resolution, which cannot block a presidential pardon but would make clear that senators oppose Bankman-Fried’s push for clemency.
The push for clemency
