Aug 4, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice released another filing late Thursday regarding Sam Bankman-Fried and his alleged sharing of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison's personal diaries to the New York Times.

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In your state of crypto newsletter that uh all grandchildren should watch, as we've said, um, you did mention you, you, you had a headline which said, will SPF Samba free go to jail. Uh, and then something else has happened last night, uh, which has got to do with the Doj and the SSP F's attorneys, you know, going back and forth once again. And the Do J's point is that, well, SPF is not even denying that he leaked the documents to the New York Times, his sometimes girlfriend Kalan documents and so he should be detained until the trial. Uh, is that, is that what really happened? And if so what was the reaction? Like, what are we hearing from the other side? What, what, what happened in the court? Yeah. So I think we're waiting now, my guess is we're gonna wait for a hearing to happen for the judge to schedule a hearing on these arguments. The Do J's point is, you know, Sam Reed has released these documents. He has, uh, you know, repeatedly tried to in their words, influence and tamper with witnesses and otherwise violate the terms of his bond release. The defense says that, you know, these events are innocuous, these actions are, you know, being painted in a negative light. And so they're waiting for, uh or rather arguing that he should just be, you know, allowed to continue without being detained pending trial. Thanks Nick, thanks so much for that. That was coin de global policy and regulation, managing editor Nick Day. And as we said earlier, don't forget to sign up for the state of crypto newsletter on coin dot com.

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