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Podcast: Sam Bankman-Fried - Biography Flash
Episode: SBF's Slim Pardon Hopes: Appeals Court Skeptical, Diddy Friendship Blooms Behind Bars
Description: Sam Bankman-Fried BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Sam Bankman-Fried has had quite the week in the spotlight, and not in the way he'd hoped. The convicted FTX founder faced a skeptical appeals court on November 4th when judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about his bid to overturn his 25-year fraud conviction. According to multiple reports from AP News and CoinDesk, the three-judge panel appeared deeply unconvinced by his legal team's arguments that he deserved a new trial. His attorney, Alexandra Shapiro, argued that the trial judge had left the defense "cut off at...