I didnt for multiple reasons, Bankman-Fried replied.
One was, you know, I didnt want to do something inappropriate.
SBF only made those contributions to Republicans public in aphone call from jailin 2022.
Sam Bankman-Fried being interviewed by Tucker Carlson in a show made available on March 6, 2025.Screenshot: Rumble
The FTX founder denied he was abusing prescription drugs when Carlson asked him about it directly.
You seem like you were just flying high on Adderall every time I saw you on TV.
You dont seem that way now.
So maybe like the digital world is bad for us?
Is that I mean, like, whats your view of that?
Youve been taken away from your phone.
So thats kind of big.
But SBF wasnt ready to completely toss out all of tech.
And he clearly was struggling without regular access to his devices.
Yeah, but it is…
I, I prefer having the digital world, Bankman-Fried said.
SBF, whos 32 years old, says he may not be released until hes in his late 50s.
Who knows, but Trump did pardon the Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.
But weirder things have happened.
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