The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy noticed a uncommon transfer by Choose Lewis Kaplan, who allowed a witness to be questioned with out the jury current. SBF confronted questions from his personal lawyer and the lead prosecutor concerning the function of FTX legal professionals in supervising FTX’s doc retention coverage, inter-company loans to executives, phrases of service, and extra throughout the questioning. The protection additionally referred to as its first two witnesses, Krystal Rolle and Joseph Pimbley, who appeared to arrange matters that can be expanded upon via the protection’s questioning of Bankman-Fried tomorrow. Choose Kaplan will rule on the matter of Bankman-Fried’s interactions with legal professionals in court docket tomorrow.
