Every single senator agreed on something. In Washington, that alone is newsworthy.
The US Senate unanimously passed S.Res.772, a resolution explicitly opposing any form of federal clemency for Sam Bankman-Fried, including a presidential pardon or sentence commutation. The measure, introduced by Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), represents a rare moment of bipartisan consensus: the man who orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in American history should stay exactly where he is.
What the resolution actually does
Here’s the thing. The resolution doesn’t actually prevent anything. Senate resolutions are expressions of institutional opinion, not binding law. A president retains the constitutional authority to pardon anyone, regardless of what the Senate thinks about it.
But the political calculus matters. A unanimous vote means zero senators want their name associated with leniency for someone convicted of stealing billions from everyday investors. Any president considering a pardon would be doing so against the documented, public, on-the-record opposition of the entire upper chamber of Congress.
