SBF's brainstorming notes included lines like 'Come out against the woke agenda.'
Are you a billionaire in trouble? Why not try coming out as a Republican and fully pivoting into very public complaints about the “woke agenda?” That’s precisely what Sam Bankman-Fried was thinking, according to newly released notes made by the crypto fraudster after FTX’s stunning collapse in 2022. SBF is scheduled to be sentenced later this month after he was found guilty of fraud last year for extracting billions of dollars from his crypto exchange.
The ideas also included having a friendly interview with his biographer Michael Lewis or putting out a Twitter poll about what to do. SBF also thought perhaps it would be wise to come out as “pro crypto, pro freedom.” Again, it seemed like he really wanted to lean into becoming a Republican, as you can see in the full notes below. SBF spent years in the lead up to FTX’s collapse selling himself as a left-leaning philanthropist unconcerned with material things.
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