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It's Thursday, March 28th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-freed has been sent in update. The Emballed former cryptocurrency mogul was hit with 25 years for his role in his company's collapse and the defrauding of users.

In court today, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, said Bankman Freed had obstructed justice and tampered with witnesses mounting his defense,

which Kaplan acknowledged played a role in his ruling. Bankman Freed was convicted on seven

criminal counts in November and had been in holding since.

The prosecutor sought as much as 50 years, while Bankman Freed have been on holding since.

Prosecutors sought as much as 50 years,

while Bankman Freed's legal team argued for no more than six and a half years,

claiming that FTX users, quote,

did not suffer substantial losses,

something current FTX administrator John Ray said

was false in a letter to the judge.

Prosecutors said the brazenness of the crime and the extent of the victim's

losses warranted a harsher sentence.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee heard pretrial motions today in the

Georgia election interference case.

Attorneys for Donald Trump are seeking to dismiss the case, arguing that the former president calling the election results into question was, quote, the height of political speech.

They said that even if what the president said were untrue, his speech is protected by the First Amendment.

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