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FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has officially filed for a pardon from President Trump, according to the Justice Department\u2019s Pardon Attorney Office website. <\/p>\n\n

Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence<\/a> after being convicted on fraud and money laundering charges in 2024. The pardon application was first reported by Bloomberg News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Trump has pardoned hundreds of people during his second term. While a majority of those were people who participated in the January 6 riot, many were convicted of financial fraud. An NBC News analysis<\/a> from January found that more than half of the individual pardons granted were to people who committed white-collar crimes like money laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud.<\/p>\n\n

Trump has pardoned a number of people who have donated large sums to his political campaigns. Very few of those he has pardoned filed the official application with the Justice Department, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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