Convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried was placed in solitary confinement after an unauthorized jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson, seeking a presidential pardon for his 25-year sentence for fraud. Bankman-Fried had communicated with Carlson from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he has been held for 18 months, and expressed his shock at the direction of politics in DC. Despite his attempts to appeal to Republicans and his family’s advocacy for clemency, no official pardon request has been made, and he continues to maintain his innocence while living in prison with high-profile cellmates like Sean “Diddy” Combs.
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Federal Judge Certifies Class Action for Transgender People Seeking Passports
A federal judge in Boston granted class-action status to transgender and nonbinary Americans in a lawsuit against a State Department policy requiring passports to match birth certificate sex, citing potential Fifth Amendment violations. The judge's injunction allows all class members to challenge the policy while the case proceeds, despite the government's appeal and claims of administrative burden. Need More Context? 🔎
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