The FTX founder’s constitutional rights are being violated because he is ‘unable’ to prepare his defense from jail, his lawyers argued
Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of fraud after his crypto exchange collapsed in November 2022, and counsel are currently engaged in skirmishes over the exact terms of his October trial.
“The Court should preclude irrelevant, confusing, and prejudicial questioning, evidence, and arguments about the involvement of attorneys” if no further details are provided, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in the filing, arguing Bankman-Fried should specify the legal advice or abandon his proposed defense.
Williams said Bankman-Fried had told “lies to Silvergate Bank” to open a bank account for one of his companies,, and that the involvement of lawyers in opening the account was “irrelevant” unless they knew he intended to use it to process customer funds. Williams made similar remarks about the use of auto-deleting Signal messages by FTX staff, and the drafting of loan agreements which the government says actually used customer money, after Bankman-Fried indicated he was planning to pin blame on his formerIn a response sent early Wednesday morning, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer Mark Cohen said he had already madewhile waiting for the government’s full bundle of evidence – and that his client’s conditions in jail violated the U.S. Constitution.
“At the present time, the defense is unable to adequately prepare for trial and prepare the defense, which is a violation of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s Sixth Amendment rights,” Cohen said, arguing the internet access provided from jail was"woefully inadequate."
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