Another Bad Week for Sam Bankman-Fried in His Criminal Trial

Sam Enzer, a partner at the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel, told Laura that compelling evidence from Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle had increased the difficulty for the fallen FTX CEO to convince a jury of his innocence. Former FTX head engineer Nishad Singh said that he became suicidal after understanding the full magnitude of FTX’s misuse of customer funds, while ex-chief legal counsel Can Sun helped show how SBF allegedly lied to lawyers.

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Show highlights |

• Sam (Enzer’s) thoughts on how the trial is going for the defense
• What Nishad Singh's emotional testimony revealed about SBF
• How Singh felt "betrayed" by Bankman-Fried, who may have been a big brother figure to him
• Why the defense went so much harder after Singh in its defense than it did the other members of the inner circle
• Whether the jury felt empathy with Singh about his suicidal feelings.
• What the rationale was behind the order of the witnesses
• Why Sam believes that the accounting professor Peter Easton's testimony was "damning" for the defense
• Whether the testimony of former FTX general counsel proved that SBF lied to his own lawyers
• Why the communications between SBF and his lawyer, which are generally privileged, were divulged in court
• Why Sam believes that it's likely that SBF will testify, although he would advise him not to

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Guest |

Sam Enzer, partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

Previous appearances on Unchained:

Why These Lawyers Say It's Over for SBF-But His Only Hail Mary Is to Testify

SBF Trial: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Might Try and Win His Case

SBF’s Lawyers Could Be Annoying the Judge. How Might That Impact the Trial?

Links |

Previous coverage by Unchained on the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried:

How Heated Sidebars During the SBF Trial Could Impact the Jury’s Decision

SBF Trial, Day 1: Possible Witnesses Include FTX Insiders, Big Names in Crypto, and SBF’s Family

SBF Trial, Day 2: DOJ Says Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Lied’ While Defense Claims His Actions Were ‘Reasonable’

SBF Trial, Day 3: Why a True Believer in FTX Flipped Once He Learned One Fact

SBF Trial, Day 4: SBF’s Lawyers Annoy Judge Kaplan, While Wang Reveals Alameda’s Special Privileges

Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Here's Everything That Happened So Far

SBF Trial, Day 5: SBF's Defense Finally Found Its Legs, But Can It Counter Caroline Ellison?

SBF Trial, Day 6: Caroline Ellison Recalls 'The Worst Week of My Life'

SBF Trial, Day 7: In SBF Trial, Did the Defense Lose Its Opportunity With the Star Witness?

SBF Trial, Day 8: Former BlockFi CEO Adds Credibility to Fraud Charges

SBF Trial, Day 9: Nishad Singh Describes Former FTX CEO as a Bully and Big Spender

SBF Trial, Day 10: Defense Struggles to Discredit Nishad Singh's Testimony

SBF Trial, Day 11: How Alameda Got FTX Into a $9 Billion Hole

Did Sam Bankman-Fried Have Intent to Defraud FTX Investors?

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