Another Bad Week for Sam Bankman-Fried in His Criminal Trial - Ep. 558

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 11 a.m.

Sam Enzer, a partner at the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel, told Laura that compelling evidence from Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s inner circle had increased the difficulty for the fallen FTX CEO to convince a jury of his innocence. Former FTX head engineer Nishad Singh said that he became suicidal after understanding the full magnitude of FTX\u2019s misuse of customer funds, while ex-chief legal counsel Can Sun helped show how SBF allegedly lied to lawyers.\xa0\n\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\nSam (Enzer\u2019s) thoughts on how the trial is going for the defense\xa0\n\nwhat Nishad Singh's emotional testimony revealed about SBF\n\nhow Singh felt "betrayed" by Bankman-Fried, who may have been a big brother figure to him\n\nwhy the defense went much harder after Singh in its defense than it did the other members of the inner circle\n\nwhether the jury felt empathy with Singh about his suicidal feelings\xa0\n\nwhat the rationale was behind the order of the witnesses\n\nwhy Sam believes that the accounting professor Peter Easton's testimony was "damning" for the defense\xa0\n\nwhether the testimony of former FTX general counsel proved that SBF lied to his own lawyers\n\nwhy the communications between SBF and his lawyer, which are generally privileged, were divulged in court\n\nwhy Sam believes that it's likely that SBF will testify, although he would advise him not to\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\nCrypto.com\n\nHedera\n\nPopcorn Network\n\nGuest\n\n\nSam Enzer, partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.\n\nPrevious appearances on Unchained:\xa0\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\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\nSBF Trial, Day 6: Caroline Ellison Recalls 'The Worst Week of My Life'\n\nSBF Trial, Day 7: In SBF Trial, Did the Defense Lose Its Opportunity With the Star Witness?\n\nSBF Trial, Day 8: Former BlockFi CEO Adds Credibility to Fraud Charges\xa0\n\nSBF Trial, Day 9: Nishad Singh Describes Former FTX CEO as a Bully and Big Spender\n\nSBF Trial, Day 10: Defense Struggles to Discredit Nishad Singh's Testimony\n\nSBF Trial, Day 11: How Alameda Got FTX Into a $9 Billion Hole\n\nDid Sam Bankman-Fried Have Intent to Defraud FTX Investors?\n\nGood Morning America: FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto giant's collapse: 'A lot of people got hurt. And that's on me'\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices