Let’s see… We will trade you one SBF incarceration in exchange for one DJT incarceration and call it fair.
After a US judge in New York tells Sam Bankman-Fried he does not have unlimited first amendment rights, Judge Lewis Kaplan revoked bail and sent SBF to jail for using leaks to the media to intimidate a key federal witness against him – his former girlfriend.
Setting the stage for…
A US judge in DC telling President Donald John Trump he does not have unlimited first amendment rights; establishing the groundwork for sending DJT to jail for using his political platform to intimate Mike Pence, a key federal witness against him – his former Vice President.
Both of these things happened. A narrative coincidence, I’m sure.
(Via NBC) – Sam Bankman-Fried will head to jail on Friday after a judge sided with a request by federal prosecutors to revoke the FTX founder’s bail over alleged witness tampering. Bankman-Fried will be remanded to custody directly from a court hearing in New York, where he will remain ahead of his criminal trial – which is due to begin on Oct. 2.
Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Bankman-Fried’s request for delayed detention pending an appeal.
[…] In the motion requesting Bankman-Fried’s detention, the government said that, over the last several months, the defendant had sent over 100 emails to the media and had made over 1,000 phone calls to members of the press. The final straw, according to prosecutors, was Bankman-Fried leaking private diary entries of his ex-girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, to the New York Times. Ellison pleaded guilty to federal charges in Dec. 2022.
Ellison, who is also the former chief executive of Bankman-Fried’s failed crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research, has been cooperating with the government since December and is expected to be a star witness for the prosecution.
[…] The prosecution described the effort by Bankman-Fried – who faces several wire and securities fraud charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar FTX fraud – as an attempt to discredit Ellison, characterizing it as a “means of indirect witness intimidation through the press.”
It is an argument that proved sufficient to convince Judge Kaplan to send Bankman-Fried to jail ahead of his trial. (more)
Meanwhile in DC….
(Politico) – U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan warned Donald Trump and his attorney Friday that repeated “inflammatory” statements about his latest criminal prosecution would force her to speed his trial on charges related to his bid to subvert the 2020 election.
“I caution you and your client to take special care in your public statements about this case,” Chutkan told Trump lawyer John Lauro during a hearing. “I will take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of these proceedings.”
Chutkan’s stark admonition came at the conclusion of her first courtroom session in the newest criminal case against the former president. The aim of the hearing was for special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors and Trump’s attorneys to hash out disputes about the handling of evidence in the case. Once Chutkan enters a so-called “protective order” governing evidence, prosecutors say they’re prepared to share millions of pages of documents with Trump’s team, jumpstarting the case and setting it on a path to trial.
But Chutkan, aware of the national spotlight on her oversight of the explosive case, repeatedly emphasized that she intended to keep politics out of the courtroom and treat Trump like any other criminal defendant. That included potential consequences if he makes statements that could be construed as harassing or threatening witnesses.
“The fact that he’s running a political campaign has to yield to the orderly administration of justice,” Chutkan said. “If that means he can’t say exactly what he wants to say about witnesses in this case, that’s how it has to be.”
“Even arguably ambiguous statements from parties or their counsel, if they can be reasonably interpreted to intimidate witnesses or to prejudice potential jurors, can threaten the process,” Chutkan added later. (read more)
Poor SBF, n0 one wants to see his revenge photos of his ex-girlfriend. Plan foiled.
When was the last time the justice department didn’t do something sleazy?
Could SBF have flooded the Brazilian economy with cash from FTX to help the effort to elect Lula? To facilitate cooperation from people who could help make the election of Lula happen? Many millions of Brazilians did not vote for Lula and they protested following the election, wanting Jair.
So at some point SBF as well as his girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend – will have to be dealt with – and wouldn’t it work swimmingly well if their witness, the ex-girlfriend = had something happen to her and they have made plenty of news about SBF threatening her, so they can put it on to him, and then unfortunately something happens to him as well.
This could also dovetail with the narrative that Sundance has given, making it ever so much more dire an example why the federal witness needs to be protected and the defendant in jail before any plan to hurt the federal witness gets too far underway.
Whiey Bulger was a witness for Robert Mueller – Robert Mueller let other guys sit in prison in order to “protect” Whitey – until it was decided to not protect Whitey anymore and he was moved to another prison. I do think this is all in their wheelhouse!
Whitey Bulger
The pressure is on. Nationalists and anti-globalists must conform or be rendered inert (or dead).
Nationalists were foolish not to call out the Communists and Marxists from decades earlier when it would have stung. All those decades of “getting along” and spending ourselves into poverty while tyrants incubated.
SBF is not the only SBF. There are at least a few thousand multi-millionaire provocateurs on the left. Find the Aug 5, 2023 NYT profile of Neville “Roy” Singham and Jodie Evans to see what we’re up against. Why not employ similar tactics, but be open and 100% above-board?
Coincidence theorists say, never forget Bulger participated in MK Ultra LSD experiments when in-institution.
Ted Kasinski participated in similar experiments at Harvard while still a juvenile.
The coincidences just keep on coming.
I always thought moving Whitey to that West Virginia prison where he was offed within hours of arriving was calculated to silence him as well . However , I thought what he had on Mueller was related to his keeping the North End guys , who were framed by the FBI to protect the stone killer turned informant Joe Barbosa, in prison years after it was clear that they were innocent.Mueller was acting U.S . Attorney at the time .Whitey could have had such knowledge through his brother,Billy , the once most powerful politician In Massachusetts. Billy survived by knowing where all the figurative bodies were buried.
Are you
Called it, they always pretend to be a T champion almost relishing the crushing blow after getting his supporters to get all happy and excited.
Hey folks she declared she intends to keep politics out…so it’s all 👍
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lol…. a little too late for that….
Looks like they’re getting ready to “Epstein” him.
Never Gets Old:
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How could the DOJ have millions of papers for this made up case? This female communist wouldn’t know justice if it hit her in the face. Her phony made up case takes precedence over a Presidential campaign? There it is folks. She thinks she can prevent him from campaigning. Trump should stop participating in this pretend justice system. Is he still that naive?
SBF might be on suicide watch in prison…. just sayin
Maybe he should leak to his 1000 journalist contacts that he is not suicidal.
abridging-To limit; curtail, to lessen; to diminish. Pretty simple.
I’m thinking SBF knows how Oswald felt right about now.
Trump could taint the jury pool said the Jamaican judge from Hunter Biden’s law firm. It’s mad, mad world.
Pence the turncoat will NEVER be POTUS. The Swamp is doing all that it can to stop Trump and with Soros, Bezos, Zucker, Gates, Buffet, Zuckerberg and money from a good number more western oligarchs the only way to fight back is to ring fence your county as a Second Amendment Sanctuary County and GET THE VOTE OUT for DJT in 2024. This means demanding your county board and county clerk audit voter rolls and purge all names without valid addresses BEFORE the election cycle. Hopefully with help from God we will get DJT elected. If not, continue ring fencing the counties and promoting MAGA.
repeatedly emphasized that she intended to keep politics out of the courtroom
She’s going to recuse her Trump-hating self? -Of course not; she knows why she was picked.
She means she’s going to classify Smith’s daily leaks to his media pals as neutral and Trump’s lawyers’ countering them as intimidating. She’s going to rule Smith’s prosecution is justice and Trump’s defense is inflammatory. Et cetera.
“Why should he be allowed discovery when that discovery is just meant to harm poor innocent Swampies?”
Trump should scream whatever he wants. Throw the truth in the ‘judge’s” face.
Is the Secret Service really gonna let the judge put him in the can?
Let’s talk about it in Iowa tomorrow.
Of course they will allow her to send Trump to prison. Solitary confinement guarded by Secret Service.
They can’t wait for Trump to give a thumbs-up to a sign at a rally like “Traitor Pence!” That would be enough.
Lets not forget we can say whatever we want. Unless we get the same treatment as the 75 year old man i Utah.
The Dems have Sam where they can control him and kill him. See Epstein.
Should anything, and I mean anything, happen in the case of Trump, the fury released will not help anyone with a D behind their name.
Sounds like we’re now in Twitterland. We have free speech as long as we are careful what we say. Really, I know its been going on for quite a while now but ‘in your face’ is a new arrival.
You could stop using twitter…
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https://truthsocial.com/@catturd2/110876773680781546
No mention of the hardcore Leftist college professor parents of SBF who have been long time Democrat radicals. The Dad was the mastermind of the fraud, and the Mom heavily involved operationally. This is all Kabuki theater with SBF ‘taking one for the team’.
Also no mention (that I have seen) of who threw his bail? Why is this a secret? If I recall this was upheld in court. Mysteriously no high level official ‘Sources’ have anonymously leaked to our intrepid journalists.
Poor Pence. He has to have the left protect him from the truth.
Wait What, “to keep politics out of the courtroom and treat Trump like any other criminal defendant”. Is he a CRIMINAL defendant?
Trump should put out a tweet.
This judge is not my type.
Poor little Pencey. The judge has to make sure his poor little feelings don’t get hurt. Meanwhile, he advocates for killing more and more Russians in Ukraine and starting WW3. Such a pathetic panderer for campaign money from MIC.
Although Obama (Xiden is just the doddering, imbecilic puppet) and crew are furiously trying to take Trump out, my money is still on the RNC politically knee-capping PDJT.
Bad behavior doesn’t end until consequences for that behavior force a change. However, for those doing evil, its not as simple as changing behavior; reversing evil requires a whole different calculus.
Big difference: President Trump has Secret Service protection and they won’t let him be sent to any prison where he will be in obvious danger. Then, there’s SCOTUS. I know we have issues with Roberts, Kavanaugh and Barrett. But I do believe they will not allow election interference and abuse of power against a former President who has been impeached twice and acquitted.
An arrogant punk who thinks the rules don’t apply to him…he needs to be in jail and to be brought down a peg…he is not the Masster of the Universe he believed himself to be….and he better wisen up quickly because he’s gonna do time.
Im going to take Trump, by decision in 12.
You would think a TKO in 4-5 right?, but he can’t be that risky.
Wear em out, show them who… has more integrity.
A Man, nor government, is nothing without it.
During the Watergate coup John Dean pled and took a deal to testify. He got 4 years, incarcerated at an army base in Maryland and spent his days in DC in his own office at a prosecuting law firm. Once his testimony was completed his sentence was reduced. He did 4 months. Forgive me in advance if I have garbled details.
Sam Bankman will get a similar queen for a day deal.