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Reports say that former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried was put in solitary confinement because he did an interview with Tucker Carlson, a right-wing political commentator, that the prison officials did not allow. SBF has been incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since August 2023. NEW: SBF now in solitary confinement after giving unauthorized Tucker Carlson interview. Since the illicit interview aired, the odds of an SBF pardon have nearly doubled. 👀https://t.co/LDzKAFH5cG — Polymarket (@Polymarket) March 8, 2025 The Bureau of Prisons has strict rules about who can talk to prisoners and how they can do it. A representative for the US Bureau of Prisons said, “This particular interview was not approved.” The interview with Tucker Carlson Before his 33rd birthday, SBF did yet another interview from jail. This comes after SBF was given a 25-year prison term in 2024 for misusing customers’ funds tied to FTX and its sister company – Alameda Research.   FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022.  When the exchange went down because of cash flow problems, Bankman-Fried and four other officials were charged with crimes in the US. Three people were sent to prison: SBF, Caroline Ellison, who used to be CEO of Alameda Research, and Ryan Salame, who used to be co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets.  Bankman-Fried told Carlson, “I don’t think I was a criminal.” He also said that he thought Salame had been charged with “totally bogus crimes,” possibly because he was a Republican.  SBF also talked about his time in jail and what he thinks about regulating crypto in the US. Bankman-Fried told Carlson that he was cautiously optimistic about Trump’s ability to change the crypto industry.  Carlson did not ask the former CEO of FTX exactly if he thought he would get a pardon from US President Donald Trump. However,…

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