FTX founder’s expert witnesses would cost up to $1.2K an hour
Sam Bankman-Fried’s potential expert witnesses could charge more than the U.S. prosecution witnesses, according to court filings.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s potential expert witnesses could charge more than the U.S. prosecution witnesses, according to court filings.
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a new court filing in its case against Sam Bankman-Fried in which it called his planned defense “irrelevant” without additional details.
In a new motion submitted to New York courts, the U.S. Department of Justice wants to exclude all of Sam Bankman Fried’s expert witnesses from testifying on the case.
Lawyers questioned a judge’s decision to revoke bail on Aug. 11, claiming SBF speaking to a journalist about Caroline Ellison was “protected First Amendment activity.”
Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the government to respond to Bankman-Fried's counsel concerning appropriate access to discovery materials, as well as a request barring prosecutors from using new evidence.
The U.S. Justice Department has produced “millions of pages of documents" related to SBF's criminal case, which his lawyers claimed was too much to access from jail before trial.
Judge Lewis Kaplan said the order was in line with the U.S. government’s Aug. 18 proposal for the former FTX CEO to access discovery materials.
The filing surrounding the legal strategy followed an all-day session between SBF and his lawyers on Aug. 22 outside of jail, which was granted by a judge on a one-time…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO and founder of now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, has reportedly pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in a court hearing on Aug. 22.
Ahead of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s October trial, government prosecutors have laid out their requests for how the jury should be directed.