The Sam Bankman-Fried Case Isn’t What You Think

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was convicted of fraud after prosecutors argued that billions of dollars in customer deposits were improperly funneled to his trading firm, Alameda Research. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and hit with an $11 billion forfeiture judgment. Now, Michael speaks with SBF’s Supreme Court attorney Jeffrey Fisher about why he believes the jury never heard the full story, whether Bankman-Fried received a fair trial, and the case for giving him another one. Original air date 10 September 2026.