{"id":9456,"date":"2025-03-08T07:23:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T06:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=9456"},"modified":"2025-03-08T07:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T06:23:44","slug":"sbf-placed-in-solitary-confinement-following-controversial-tucker-carlson-interview-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/sbf-placed-in-solitary-confinement-following-controversial-tucker-carlson-interview-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"SBF Placed in Solitary Confinement Following Controversial Tucker Carlson Interview: Sources Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former FTX leader Sam \u201cSBF\u201d Bankman-Fried has allegedly been placed in solitary confinement after participating in an interview with conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, which lacked approval from prison officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis specific interview was not sanctioned,\u201d a spokesperson for the US Bureau of Prisons informed<\/a> The New York Times on March 7.<\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried lacked authorization for the interview<\/h2>\n

As per a source familiar with the matter, following the publication of Bankman-Fried\u2019s interview with Carlson, he was transferred to solitary confinement at Brooklyn\u2019s Metropolitan Detention Center, where he has been detained since August 2023.<\/p>\n

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Source: <\/em>Andre Cronje<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bureau of Prisons is reported to enforce strict regulations regarding who may interact with inmates and the manner of those interactions.<\/p>\n

The interview, released on Carlson\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> on March 6, has attracted 730,425 views as of the time of publication.<\/p>\n

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Source: <\/em>Tucker Carlson<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the discourse with Carlson, Bankman-Fried discussed his prison experience<\/a> since being sentenced and shared his views on crypto regulation in the US.<\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried expressed to Carlson that he did not perceive himself as \u201ca criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried persists in appeal battle<\/h2>\n

Although Carlson did not directly question Bankman-Fried regarding his expectations for a pardon from US President Donald Trump, he seemed open to certain Republican concepts during their conversation.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, following the airing of the interview, speculation regarding a potential Trump pardon has intensified within the community.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to a March 7 post on X by the crypto predictions platform Polymarket, \u201cthe chances of an SBF pardon have almost doubled,\u201d since the interview\u2019s airing.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>SBF consistently navigated both sides of the aisle despite new Republican appeal<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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On January 21, merely a day after assuming office, Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who had been incarcerated for 12 years for establishing the now-defunct darknet<\/a> marketplace known as the Silk Road.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, in September 2024, attorneys representing Bankman-Fried filed an appeal<\/a> concerning his seven felony charges and 25-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

Within the 102-page brief, the legal team asserted that the former FTX CEO was \u201cnever presumed innocent,\u201d subjected to scrutiny that purportedly influenced prosecutors, the presiding judge, and media treatment.<\/p>\n

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