SBF’s lawyers want to quiz jurors on crypto, altruism and ADHD

Potential jurors successful the upcoming transgression proceedings of erstwhile FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried could beryllium asked their thoughts connected crypto, effectual altruism and attention-deficit upset arsenic his lawyers privation to weed retired those they see unsuitable.

In tribunal filings connected Sept. 11, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and United States prosecutors separately filed their lists of projected questions they privation to inquire prospective jurors successful the proceedings slated for Oct. 3.

Bankman-Fried wants to cognize if prospective jurors person invested successful cryptocurrency, and if so, if they mislaid wealth oregon different person a antagonistic sentiment connected the industry.

In different question, the FTX co-founder is funny to cognize whether a juror would property a crypto firm’s nonaccomplishment to its owners, and if so, why.

Cryptocurrency-related questions projected by Bankman-Fried’s lawyers to prospective jurors. Source: CourtListener

Bankman-Fried besides wants prospective jurors’ thoughts connected “effective altruism” — a charitable philosophical question connected which Bankman-Fried built his estimation on.

Other questions interest if jurors deliberation it’s “wrong” to donate ample sums of money to governmental candidates and lobbyists to further their ain interests on with detailing immoderate idiosyncratic oregon nonrecreational acquisition with an ADHD-medicated person.

As portion of modular procedure, Bankman-Fried intends to inquire if prospective jurors person work astir him, person formed an sentiment connected his guilt oregon innocence oregon if they’ve expressed an sentiment astir Bankman-Fried, FTX oregon Alameda Research.

U.S. prosecutors privation to inquire prospective jurors connected their familiarity with FTX and its affiliates, whether they oregon a person oregon household subordinate person invested oregon worked successful the crypto abstraction and what relation they judge the U.S. authorities should play successful regulating the industry.

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Prosecutors besides privation to inquire whether jurors person ever mislaid wealth from an concern owed to fraudulent conduct.

On Sept. 12, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Bankman-Fried’s petition for impermanent release up of his Oct. 3 trial, ruling that a mediocre net transportation wrong the situation wasn’t a capable crushed to assistance his release.

Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to each 7 fraud-related charges regarding his engagement successful FTX’s illness successful November. He faces a abstracted transgression proceedings connected further charges successful March adjacent year.

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