Judges deny Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal for early release By Cointelegraph

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A three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied a motion for early release for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF.

In a Sept. 21 order, Circuit Judges John M. Walker Jr., Denny Chin and William Nardini denied SBF’s motion for early release, which his team argued was largely due to First Amendment issues. The ruling said Lewis Kaplan — the judge overseeing SBF’s criminal case — had “correctly determined” that Bankman-Fried’s speech amounted to witness tampering.