SBF TRIAL Podcast 10/27: Sam Bankman-Fried Takes the Stand, In Front Of The Jury
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🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Sam Bankman-Fried's first day of testimony in his criminal trial began confidently but quickly turned into a series of evasive and indirect responses under cross-examination, raising doubts about his control over his own narrative and the case's outcome. Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon skillfully challenged Bankman-Fried, leading to moments of confusion and rebukes from the judge, highlighting the complexity of his defense.
Link to story: Sam Bankman-Fried's Jurors Were Sent Home for the Day, but His Debut on the Stand Was Significant Anyway
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| 0:53.4 | Welcome to the SBF trial, a CoinDesk Podcast Network newsletter, bringing you daily insights from inside the courtroom, where Sam Bankman-Fried will try to stay out of prison. |
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| 1:11.2 | Regulation Team and voiced by Wondercraft AI. Sam Bankman-Fried began his testimony like the brilliant |
| 1:19.6 | former golden boy from Crypto's Better Days. He ended the longest, strangest, most torturous day yet |
| 1:26.0 | of his criminal trial more imperiled than ever before. |
| 1:29.6 | Part of the problem is that the witness has what I'll simply call an interesting way of responding to |
| 1:34.3 | questions, Judge Lewis Kaplan said, before a gallery of exhausted faces late Thursday. |
| 1:39.6 | They and he were the only audience around for a special hearing that turned what was supposed |
| 1:43.5 | to be Sam's |
| 1:44.2 | first day of testimony into a freewheeling deposition, as defense counsel Mark Cohen put it. |
| 1:50.8 | The only solace for Sam may be that the jury wasn't there to hear it. Kaplan had sent them home |
| 1:56.3 | after lunch. He wanted to hold a for my ears alone hearing to determine if some defense arguments were |
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