Sam Bankman-Fried claimed he was arrested to block his testimony on a pending crypto bill, accusing regulators of political motivations and tampering with evidence.
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Published October 15, 2025 at 9:41 am EST.
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX who is currently incarcerated, job on X again, with the message supposedly made on his behalf by a friend with his login information.
Post X links to Gettr, a social media platform popular among users who demand censorship on mainstream sites like X and Facebook.
“In 2020, I was center-left. In 2022, after seeing Gensler/Biden’s DOJ on crypto, I was centrist and (privately) donated tens of millions to Republicans,” Bankman-Fried’s post read. job on Gettr.
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“Weeks later, Biden’s anti-crypto SEC/DOJ sued me. They had me arrested weeks before the crypto bill I was working on came up for a vote – and the night before I testified before Congress.”
Bankman-Fried’s post goes on to claim that former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler “conveniently lost” messages that Republicans were demanding that Gensler be turned over to them at the time of his arrest.
