| Bankman-Fried
Had Amnesia
140 Times on
the Stand US
Says in SDNY
Trial Closing
by
Matthew Russell Lee,
Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 1 – For US v Sam
Bankman-Fried, after more than
a day of jury selection, late
morning on October 4 the
twelve and six alternate were
selected. Inner City Press
live tweeted the voir dire here
and more below
On Nov 1, AUSA
Nick Roos delivered the
prosecution's summation,
including this thread:
AUSA Roos: The
core dispute here is whether
the defendant knew that taking
the money was wrong. He knew.
He did it anyway. He thought
he was smarter, and could walk
his way out of it. Today, with
you, that ends.
AUSA Roos: Did
you notice how he evaded, with
the layout of Alameda in an
Airbnb, or why he chose the
Miami Heat Arena to name? But
how was he on cross
examination? He couldn't
remember a single detail. It
was uncomfortable. 140
times...
AUSA Roos:
He asked for terms to be
defined, terms he had already
used. He tried to tell a story
to exclude himself from the
fraud. That was a lie. Over
three days he took the stand
and he lied. You'd have to
ignore all the evidence
AUSA:
Before FTX there was Alameda.
[Chart fail] Judge Kaplan: Is
it not on the screen? AUSA:
They don't have it in the
middle row. [It's a chart of
Alameda, signed by SBF]
[Tech snafu
continues. Closings, it seems,
will definitely go into
tomorrow....During the lull,
Bankman-Fried is sitting
slumped at the defense table,
seemingly-glumly typing on his
laptop]
Judge
Kaplan: Alright, let's get the
jury back in the box.
AUSA Sassoon: And
maybe ask them not to touch...
Jury entering!
Judge Kaplan: It
went down again? Get into the
jury box, folks.
Judge Kaplan (to
jurors) The panel that may be
the cause of the problem is in
the back corner of the jury
box. Please stay away from
there. We're having Alternate
juror 1 moved where Alternate
4 was. We'll get a single big
screen if needed. OK, roll
with it
AUSA Roos: The
defendant WAS Alameda. 90%
owner. It took out loans to do
crypto trading. Then the
defendant started FTX and
started getting customer
money. He thought this was a
new source of money for
Alameda. Caroline Ellison told
you so
More on
Substack here
Inner City
Press live tweeted the voir
dire and now, more on Substack
here
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