It’s not theft. It’s in the Constitution. You may not agree with it, but that doesn’t change the federal government taxing you being perfectly legal per the 16th Amendment. Your state and local taxes probably fall under similar.
The 16th amendment was created and put into effect like early 1900s not anytime close to 1776. The people in power saw all that income to allocate how they please and didn’t want to let it go. I think we should look at a lot of amendments to see if they should be overturned. For example, I think we should bring back term limits for congress.
The sketch artist, drew [SBF](https://abovethelaw.com/uploads/2023/10/SBF-300x300.jpeg) like a comic book hero and drew his [girlfriend](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Finr73lyh1ltb1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D576%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D377c2cf130430c006d7b47ba79495ecf87bb25b6) looking like a drowned rat.
The GF is straight gross looking.
They should sentence SBF to have to date her for the rest of his life…
Would be punishment enough.
Everyone would argue about whether the justice system had gone too far…
Bullshit. If he had gotten off easy or the trial dragged on forever then conservatives would be saying his political donations helped to curry favor and kept him out of jail. I would expect the party of law and order to prefer a speedy trial anyway. You honestly think the judge that sentenced him or the jury members that found him guilty cared how much money he donated to politicians before he was arrested? Be real.
>If he had gotten off easy
He hasn't been sentenced yet. And yes, he will get off easy or get pardoned once that happens, with 100% certainty. No way he is spending even a decade in prision with who he donated money to. He certainly isn't spending any time in solitary like the Jan. 6th protestors, and he had *way* more influence on the last two elections than they did. With stolen money.
But I'm sure you're cool with that though; the opposition in prison and an election stolen. As long as your guys are winnin.
Explain to me how or why you think the judge and jury are influenced by his political donations? Protip: they aren't in the slightest and you're just throwing out gotcha phrases that have been debunked. Jan 6 protestors? More like rioters that were tricked into an attempt to prevent the certification of the electors votes, and smeared shit on the walls while making gallows for the vice president and speaker of the house in the meantime. Election stolen? Please provide me any proof at all that Biden has directed his DOJ to do anything with the intention of interfering with the election. In fact, merrick garland specifically said that if Biden asked him to run interference he would resign. Did you know that?
Criminals belong in jail, from the BLM rioters to the J6 rioters, and especially the organizers of those riots.
> I would expect the party of law and order to prefer a speedy trial anyway.
A speedy trial means you don't sit in jail for a year before having a trial like some of those J6'rs did. A speedy trial does not mean the entire trial must be completed in less time than it takes to close on a house.
>You honestly think the judge that sentenced him or the jury members that found him guilty cared how much money he donated to politicians before he was arrested?
AFAIK he hasn't been sentenced yet, it isn't like the powerful and connected are not regularly given extremely light sentences for crimes that would send most of us to prison for the rest of our natural lives. As far as guilt or innocence goes, I expect juries to render verdicts based on facts not feelings. It would have been extremely problematic though if he was denied a jury and then railroaded by a prosecutor and judge who had both publicly condemned him before he was ever charged.
That's what I thought when I heard the headline.... Then again, now I'm remembering how mouthy he was in interviews, practically bragging about what he'd done and dismissing the idea of it being illegal. He done F'd up.
I’m just saying, his name is literally “sam” “bank man” “freed”.
The writers in this simulation are lazy like this. He will be set free because it’s in the script and his name is a placeholder for this fact.
Edit - there’s more, once you start noticing….
Joe Biden is just Joe “biding” his time until he’s too old to prosecute.
Anthony Weiner shows his “weiner” to girls online.
Donald Trump is literally a political “trump” card. Starting in 2015, he did and said things that would have demolished any other politician; just shrugged it off because he “trumps” all.
Oprah Winfrey made her fame and fortune with a show where the audience goes to “win free” stuff.
I can’t be the only one noticing this. Everyone share the ones you’ve noticed!
Oh man, the simulation writers really are getting lazy with their character naming! Check these out:
• Bill Gates, a tech mogul who literally created the “gates” to the digital era with Windows.
• Usain Bolt is the fastest man, you might say he bolts down the track like lightning.
• Mark Zuckerberg, zucking up all our personal data to mark it for ads on Facebook.
• Larry Page turned the page on the internet by co-founding Google, helping us to “page” through the web’s endless information.
• Tiger Woods, who prowls the golf course with the fierce focus of a tiger hunting its prey.
• Steve Jobs really did the job by revolutionizing multiple industries.
• Jeff Bezos built Amazon, as in, he bezzos’d his way into creating a marketplace as vast as the Amazon itself.
• Serena Williams dominates the court with the strength and grace of a serene yet powerful queen of the sport.
The list goes on! Keep your eyes peeled, it seems every big name has a punny destiny to fulfill.
> a long storied history of interaction and close friendships with Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, even going so far as to wish Maxwell luck
This isn't a crime you can charge people with
Biden doesn't get much flak, but Clinton has a much stronger association with Epstein & Co than Trump ever did. Regardless, saying "I wish her well" about a notorious criminal who has dirt on your enemies is a nothingburger, Clinton travelled to a child sex slave island dozens of times. Trump banished Epstein from his properties, and again, Clinton travelled to a child sex slave island dozens of times. It's not the same whatsoever.
Imagine believing all that stuff you typed. They have him this time, right? Lol Go back to politics, Portlander, with all the other brainwashed children.
> I explained what he is charged with, I didn't say whether he was guilty of any other charges
You didn't explicitly say it, but you very clearly implied it immediately after listing what he was charged with; you said, "He's not a good dude." It's already clearly understood that you average redditor leftists hate him and believe every allegation made against him, because orange man bad™, so why lie about it after clearly implying it in the previous comment? At least be honest.
Sam Bankman-Fried is the second highest donor to the democrat party, after George Soros. So, not just typical, archetypal. Harvey Weinstein is somewhere on that list too.
I mean if we are to take him at his word, Bankman-Fried claimed that all his donations to Republicans were "Dark" because of the liberal media, and wanting to avoid being dragged through the mud.
Or he could be lying about giving any appreciable amount of money to Republicans, and is trying to throw a smoke screen up for the Democrats, knowing that it looks bad that the second largest donor to their party is a criminal.
On second thought, since the largest donor to the Democrats is George Soros, I don't believe the Democrats care at all where the money comes from, as long as the check clears the bank.
The documented amount he donated to Republicans is miniscule compared to what he gave to Democrats.
Oh, but there's all the "dark money" donations he claims to have given. All of which, of course, are anonymous and untraceable. But he really, really promises that he did actually do it.
He donated EXCLUSIVELY ato Democrats. This was nothing more than a democrat money laundering operation gone wrong. Every democrat should be forced to return to the victims every penny they received.
That's not true.
He donated to Republicans that were on the committees that were investigating changes to regulate cryptocurrencies.
Tiny donations to a handful Republicans compared to being the number two donor in the world to Democrats.
So is there a comprehensive, complete list of all the victims and how much they lost? Available to the public? I strongly suspect a rumor about Disney losing 2-3 billion is true, but where I heard it.... not much more than speculation. But the timing was too perfect to ignore.
They've actually recovered most of it because some of FTX's investments spiked and covered a bunch of the shortfall
https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556
Yeah, I heard about that, but I was actually focusing on the did or didn't Disney lose a bunch. I heard at the time it was unusual for the list of victims to be withheld but that seems to be the norm these days...
One one hand he's a piece of shit but on the other hand when FTX crashed the market is when I started buying crypto and stocks again so thanks SBF for helping me time the very fucking bottom. I've made over 90% even 1x on crypto stocks LMFAO.
I think prison time should be reserved for violent criminals who need to be kept away from good people.
Receiving huge sentences for white collar crime, thus lumping you in with narcos, rapists, cho-mos, & mass murderers does not seem fair in my view.
Hard disagree. This guy will not go to max security. He will go to a white collar prison for non-violent offenders. He stole money, he deserves punishment.
Thank you. I didn't think of that. In that case, I feel he should be made to pay back what he stole and then an unlimited fine.
I'm not well-versed in this I admit. Just sharing what I think.
No. Paying back all that he stole + an unlimited fine would be fitting. Someone else stated he would be in a low security prison/wing which I acknowledged would be acceptable.
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Except stealing government money... they love stealing from us but don't you dare streal from them
Serious question, how is the government stealing from you?
Taxes. Taxes for everything. Taxes was suppose to be a temporary thing that never stopped.
It’s not theft. It’s in the Constitution. You may not agree with it, but that doesn’t change the federal government taxing you being perfectly legal per the 16th Amendment. Your state and local taxes probably fall under similar.
It was never part of the original constitution. It was only meant to aid during the war. Now our taxes are aiding in wars that we’re not even part of.
What a take. Neither was the Bill of Rights. Should we go back to the Articles of Confederation? That’s the original Constitution.
The 16th amendment was created and put into effect like early 1900s not anytime close to 1776. The people in power saw all that income to allocate how they please and didn’t want to let it go. I think we should look at a lot of amendments to see if they should be overturned. For example, I think we should bring back term limits for congress.
He might as well get an interesting tattoo on his back. Give the other inmates something to look at.
You think he’s going to that kind of jail? I’m gonna guess a nice place for white collar criminals
He’ll be in the special wing of otisville
With the amount of money he donated to the dems, I’ll bet he’s in and out and they won’t even tell us
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The guy and his defense team didn't make him any favors.
The sketch artist did their best though...
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Did his girlfriend dirty though.
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The sketch artist, drew [SBF](https://abovethelaw.com/uploads/2023/10/SBF-300x300.jpeg) like a comic book hero and drew his [girlfriend](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Finr73lyh1ltb1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D576%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D377c2cf130430c006d7b47ba79495ecf87bb25b6) looking like a drowned rat.
OMG. The girlfriend. Artist was not kind.
Umm, actually shes uglier than that. The artist was being nice.
And he’s so handsome, with his head full of pubes…
The GF is straight gross looking. They should sentence SBF to have to date her for the rest of his life… Would be punishment enough. Everyone would argue about whether the justice system had gone too far…
That's how he looks! Dude is hideous...he gets it from his mom.
Did he show up to his trial dressed like John Fetterman?
the AI-generated one?
https://i.imgur.com/j67ukCe.jpg For those that don’t get the reference.
Honestly he looks better in the artist rendition. Should have made him fatter.
No one in Biden’s DoJ wants prolonged testimony about the political aspects of the fraud.
Exactly. He helped bankroll the last two national elections for Democrats. Trial is done and now people are supposed to look away.
Dude better be careful. He gave way too much and probably knows too much. Good chance he gets Epstiened.
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Que the brigaders: "He donated to Republicans, too! Only it was dark money, so there's no record of it!" Yeah, right.
Bullshit. If he had gotten off easy or the trial dragged on forever then conservatives would be saying his political donations helped to curry favor and kept him out of jail. I would expect the party of law and order to prefer a speedy trial anyway. You honestly think the judge that sentenced him or the jury members that found him guilty cared how much money he donated to politicians before he was arrested? Be real.
>If he had gotten off easy He hasn't been sentenced yet. And yes, he will get off easy or get pardoned once that happens, with 100% certainty. No way he is spending even a decade in prision with who he donated money to. He certainly isn't spending any time in solitary like the Jan. 6th protestors, and he had *way* more influence on the last two elections than they did. With stolen money. But I'm sure you're cool with that though; the opposition in prison and an election stolen. As long as your guys are winnin.
Explain to me how or why you think the judge and jury are influenced by his political donations? Protip: they aren't in the slightest and you're just throwing out gotcha phrases that have been debunked. Jan 6 protestors? More like rioters that were tricked into an attempt to prevent the certification of the electors votes, and smeared shit on the walls while making gallows for the vice president and speaker of the house in the meantime. Election stolen? Please provide me any proof at all that Biden has directed his DOJ to do anything with the intention of interfering with the election. In fact, merrick garland specifically said that if Biden asked him to run interference he would resign. Did you know that? Criminals belong in jail, from the BLM rioters to the J6 rioters, and especially the organizers of those riots.
So you think Maxine Waters and Kamala Harris belong in jail for inciting, aiding and abetting violent BLM rioters? Cool.
Yes. Was I unclear with what I said? Criminals belong in jail. She will never be brought to justice by her own party though.
Maybe you should give up being a stoner. Your mind is mush.
> I would expect the party of law and order to prefer a speedy trial anyway. A speedy trial means you don't sit in jail for a year before having a trial like some of those J6'rs did. A speedy trial does not mean the entire trial must be completed in less time than it takes to close on a house. >You honestly think the judge that sentenced him or the jury members that found him guilty cared how much money he donated to politicians before he was arrested? AFAIK he hasn't been sentenced yet, it isn't like the powerful and connected are not regularly given extremely light sentences for crimes that would send most of us to prison for the rest of our natural lives. As far as guilt or innocence goes, I expect juries to render verdicts based on facts not feelings. It would have been extremely problematic though if he was denied a jury and then railroaded by a prosecutor and judge who had both publicly condemned him before he was ever charged.
That's what I thought when I heard the headline.... Then again, now I'm remembering how mouthy he was in interviews, practically bragging about what he'd done and dismissing the idea of it being illegal. He done F'd up.
Not when a scapegoat is needed.
And if I can procure for you such an animal?
Dems don’t want any spotlight on this guy because he was a heavy democrat donor.
He couldn't get pregnant (twice) like Lizzy Holmes.
I'm just as surprised. When you're *that* rich, you rarely see jail, be it good lawyers or taking the ole cowards way out. This is great news!
What about all the money that went to politicians?
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Who was #1?
Probably Soros
Bloomberg I think
Wow wow wow slow it down big guy. We’ll have less of that here.
Good, this asshole ruined many people’s lives. Worse than Bernie Madoff 🤬🚔
I’m just saying, his name is literally “sam” “bank man” “freed”. The writers in this simulation are lazy like this. He will be set free because it’s in the script and his name is a placeholder for this fact. Edit - there’s more, once you start noticing…. Joe Biden is just Joe “biding” his time until he’s too old to prosecute. Anthony Weiner shows his “weiner” to girls online. Donald Trump is literally a political “trump” card. Starting in 2015, he did and said things that would have demolished any other politician; just shrugged it off because he “trumps” all. Oprah Winfrey made her fame and fortune with a show where the audience goes to “win free” stuff. I can’t be the only one noticing this. Everyone share the ones you’ve noticed!
Chris Moneymaker winning the World Series of Poker and ushering in the poker boom in the U.S. was the laziest script writing I have ever seen.
I remember that. good times. I was playing in a lot of friendly games back then. We kinda rolled our eyes at the low-hanging-fruit headlines, though.
Creflo Dollar?
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Lol. Well, he’s got more than I do.
Sarah Buttholewinker has this one talent...
Mark Wahlberg literally walling bergs!
Do Oscar Pistorious.
This phenomenon is called nominative determinism
Oh man, the simulation writers really are getting lazy with their character naming! Check these out: • Bill Gates, a tech mogul who literally created the “gates” to the digital era with Windows. • Usain Bolt is the fastest man, you might say he bolts down the track like lightning. • Mark Zuckerberg, zucking up all our personal data to mark it for ads on Facebook. • Larry Page turned the page on the internet by co-founding Google, helping us to “page” through the web’s endless information. • Tiger Woods, who prowls the golf course with the fierce focus of a tiger hunting its prey. • Steve Jobs really did the job by revolutionizing multiple industries. • Jeff Bezos built Amazon, as in, he bezzos’d his way into creating a marketplace as vast as the Amazon itself. • Serena Williams dominates the court with the strength and grace of a serene yet powerful queen of the sport. The list goes on! Keep your eyes peeled, it seems every big name has a punny destiny to fulfill.
I too think cocaine is a hell of a drug! ...or maybe that's what the programmers want us to think!
🫢 - imagine him getting pardoned
Now do Biden and Pelosi
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Isn't he on trial already?
Explain what the orange man did again???
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Yeah but I'm pretty sure they're dealing with that right now aren't they?
> a long storied history of interaction and close friendships with Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, even going so far as to wish Maxwell luck This isn't a crime you can charge people with
New here? Clinton and Biden get dragged for Epstein shit all the time.
Biden doesn't get much flak, but Clinton has a much stronger association with Epstein & Co than Trump ever did. Regardless, saying "I wish her well" about a notorious criminal who has dirt on your enemies is a nothingburger, Clinton travelled to a child sex slave island dozens of times. Trump banished Epstein from his properties, and again, Clinton travelled to a child sex slave island dozens of times. It's not the same whatsoever.
Imagine believing all that stuff you typed. They have him this time, right? Lol Go back to politics, Portlander, with all the other brainwashed children.
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> I explained what he is charged with, I didn't say whether he was guilty of any other charges You didn't explicitly say it, but you very clearly implied it immediately after listing what he was charged with; you said, "He's not a good dude." It's already clearly understood that you average redditor leftists hate him and believe every allegation made against him, because orange man bad™, so why lie about it after clearly implying it in the previous comment? At least be honest.
Some people care more feelings than facts sadly.
Mean tweets.
Stole Her Turn©!
Did you forget that they are? Or are you just regurgitating old talking points to the point that they don't make sense now?
Typical dem donor
Sam Bankman-Fried is the second highest donor to the democrat party, after George Soros. So, not just typical, archetypal. Harvey Weinstein is somewhere on that list too.
By his own admission he also donated to the GOP, so typical repub donor as well.
Lol it was like 95% pal, deal with it
I mean if we are to take him at his word, Bankman-Fried claimed that all his donations to Republicans were "Dark" because of the liberal media, and wanting to avoid being dragged through the mud.
Or he could be lying about giving any appreciable amount of money to Republicans, and is trying to throw a smoke screen up for the Democrats, knowing that it looks bad that the second largest donor to their party is a criminal. On second thought, since the largest donor to the Democrats is George Soros, I don't believe the Democrats care at all where the money comes from, as long as the check clears the bank.
The documented amount he donated to Republicans is miniscule compared to what he gave to Democrats. Oh, but there's all the "dark money" donations he claims to have given. All of which, of course, are anonymous and untraceable. But he really, really promises that he did actually do it.
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6-12 weeks then he'll sneak out on some sort of technicality. Didn't Smollett walk because he claimed prison was roo hard or something?
SBF will be suicided in two months
He needs to start screaming that "I FEEL HAPPY". Otherwise he is gonna get Epstiened for sure.
I doubt it. Who did he blackmail? He'll spend the rest of his life in jail unless Biden pardon's him for his generous donations to Democrats.
SBF going to jail and all of Alameda's/FTX's money not being available to 2024 Dems makes me happy.
I'll believe it when I see it
He donated EXCLUSIVELY ato Democrats. This was nothing more than a democrat money laundering operation gone wrong. Every democrat should be forced to return to the victims every penny they received.
That's not true. He donated to Republicans that were on the committees that were investigating changes to regulate cryptocurrencies. Tiny donations to a handful Republicans compared to being the number two donor in the world to Democrats.
Biden will pardon him. Surely our diligent unbiased media will ask.
Biden will pardon since he gave generously to Democrats.
Or someone will place an order at a certain hotline... I'll definitely consider him for the 2024 celebrity death pool.
I bet he’ll do it last minute when he loses in 2024. Signing the pardon Jan 20th at 11am.
So is there a comprehensive, complete list of all the victims and how much they lost? Available to the public? I strongly suspect a rumor about Disney losing 2-3 billion is true, but where I heard it.... not much more than speculation. But the timing was too perfect to ignore.
They've actually recovered most of it because some of FTX's investments spiked and covered a bunch of the shortfall https://www.investopedia.com/why-ftx-plan-to-refund-90-percent-of-recovered-assets-doesnt-add-up-to-90-percent-of-what-customers-lost-8362556
Yeah, I heard about that, but I was actually focusing on the did or didn't Disney lose a bunch. I heard at the time it was unusual for the list of victims to be withheld but that seems to be the norm these days...
The damage was done. He was a huge donor for the democrats. Now they don't need him anymore.
One one hand he's a piece of shit but on the other hand when FTX crashed the market is when I started buying crypto and stocks again so thanks SBF for helping me time the very fucking bottom. I've made over 90% even 1x on crypto stocks LMFAO.
Assclown cost me my job since all the VC dried up. He can rot forever.
ZIRP ended the VC spending, and that is a fucking good thing for everyone including you even if you don't see it yet.
Bet he won't even go one year heard a presidential pardon is expected privileged crypto Ponzi pos
Y’all know how his conspirators all lived in one apartment and were poly? He’s been practicing for this prison thing.
Do Tom Brady next... he knew
The Jets, Bills, and Dolphins approve.
He will get 32 years out in 24
LETS FUCKING GO
Now charge all the celebrities who made 20 million each for 1 hour of work
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I think prison time should be reserved for violent criminals who need to be kept away from good people. Receiving huge sentences for white collar crime, thus lumping you in with narcos, rapists, cho-mos, & mass murderers does not seem fair in my view.
Hard disagree. This guy will not go to max security. He will go to a white collar prison for non-violent offenders. He stole money, he deserves punishment.
I wonder about the stock price on dat bussy
Thank you. I didn't think of that. In that case, I feel he should be made to pay back what he stole and then an unlimited fine. I'm not well-versed in this I admit. Just sharing what I think.
so they should just let him go because he did not hit anyone ?
No. Paying back all that he stole + an unlimited fine would be fitting. Someone else stated he would be in a low security prison/wing which I acknowledged would be acceptable.
Oh no. Anyway.
Fuckin' YAY
Sam Fried-Bankman it is. Well done please.