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

Potential jurors within the upcoming felony trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried might be requested their ideas on crypto, efficient altruism and attention-deficit dysfunction as his attorneys wish to weed out these they think about unsuitable.

In court docket filings on Sep.11, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and United States prosecutors individually filed their lists of proposed questions they want to ask potential jurors within the trial slated for Oct. 3.

Bankman-Fried needs to know if potential jurors have invested in cryptocurrency, and in that case, in the event that they misplaced cash or in any other case have a damaging opinion on the trade.

In one other query, the FTX co-founder is to know whether or not a juror would attribute a crypto agency’s failure to its homeowners, and in that case, why.

Bankman-Fried additionally needs potential jurors’ ideas on “efficient altruism” — a charitable philosophical motion which Bankman-Fried built his reputation on.

Different questions concern if jurors suppose it’s “incorrect” to donate massive sums of money to political candidates and lobbyists to additional their very own pursuits together with detailing any private or skilled expertise with an ADHD-medicated particular person.

As a part of customary process, Bankman-Fried intends to ask if potential jurors have examine him, have fashioned an opinion on his guilt or innocence or in the event that they’ve expressed an opinion about Bankman-Fried, FTX or Alameda Analysis.

U.S. prosecutors want to ask potential jurors on their familiarity with FTX and its associates, whether or not they or a good friend or member of the family have invested or labored within the crypto house and what position they imagine the U.S. authorities ought to play in regulating the trade.

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Prosecutors additionally wish to ask whether or not jurors have ever misplaced cash from an funding as a consequence of fraudulent conduct.

On Sept. 12, U.S. District Courtroom Decide Lewis Kaplan denied Bankman-Fried’s request for temporary release forward of his Oct. 3 trial, ruling {that a} poor web connection contained in the jail wasn’t a adequate floor to grant his launch.

Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to all seven fraud-related prices concerning his involvement in FTX’s collapse in November. He faces a separate felony trial on extra prices in March subsequent yr.

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