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In this episode of Unchained, Laura does a detailed unpacking of the historic Sam Bankman-Fried trial and verdict with defense lawyer Sam Enzer and former Southern District of New York prosecutor Rich Cooper. They discuss what a thorough job the government did in presenting its case, whether the government will pursue a second trial on campaign finance charges, why it takes so long for sentencing to occur, what the differences between this case and the Bernie Madoff case are, and what Bankman-Fried\u2019s likely sentence will be.\xa0\nListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\nShow highlights:\n\nhow the cross-examination of SBF showed to the jury that he was unreliable, according to Rich\n\nwhy the charge conference with the jury is important to the prosecution for \u201cprotecting the record\u201d\n\nwhy the closing argument of the prosecutors was so effective\xa0\n\nwhat \u201cconscious avoidance\u201d is and how the prosecutors tried to prove that SBF was guilty of that\n\nwhy SBF\u2019s tweet last November that\xa0"FTX is fine" was the hardest part of the trial for the defense, according to Enzer\n\nwhy Enzer wasn\u2019t surprised by how quickly the jury made its decision\xa0\n\nwhat SBF\u2019s strongest argument is for an appeal\n\nwhy Enzer "hopes" that there won't be a second trial against SBF and whether he will plead guilty to the additional charges\n\nwhy the sentencing occurs so many months after the verdict\n\nhow this case is similar, but also different, from the Bernie Madoff case\n\nhow many years SBF could spend in prison, according to Enzer and Cooper\n\nwhen cooperating witnesses such as Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, and Gary Wang are likely to get sentenced\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\nCrypto.com\n\nLayerZero\n\nPopcorn Network\n\n\nGuest:\n\n\nSam Enzer, partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.\n\nPrevious appearances on Unchained:\xa0\n\nWhy SBF's Testimony So Far Has Likely Already Doomed Him\n\nAnother Bad Week for Sam Bankman-Fried in His Criminal Trial\n\nWhy These Lawyers Say It's Over for SBF-But His Only Hail Mary Is to Testify\n\nSBF Trial: How Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s Lawyers Might Try and Win His Case\n\nSBF\u2019s Lawyers Could Be Annoying the Judge. How Might That Impact the Trial?\n\n\nRich Cooper, Former SDNY prosecutor\n\nLinks\n\nPrevious coverage by Unchained on the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried:\n\nHow Heated Sidebars During the SBF Trial Could Impact the Jury\u2019s Decision\n\nSBF Trial, Day 1: Possible Witnesses Include FTX Insiders, Big Names in Crypto, and SBF\u2019s Family\n\nSBF Trial, Day 2: DOJ Says Sam Bankman-Fried \u2018Lied\u2019 While Defense Claims His Actions Were \u2018Reasonable\u2019\n\nSBF Trial, Day 3: Why a True Believer in FTX Flipped Once He Learned One Fact\n\nSBF Trial, Day 4: SBF\u2019s Lawyers Annoy Judge Kaplan, While Wang Reveals Alameda\u2019s Special Privileges\n\nSam Bankman-Fried Trial: Here's Everything That Happened So Far\n\nSBF Trial, Day 5: SBF's Defense Finally Found Its Legs, But Can It Counter Caroline Ellison?\n\nVisit www.unchainedcrypto.com for more!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices