A Warning Shot Over The TOFF's Bow?

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.

Bankman-Fried drooped his head as Judge Lewis A. Kaplan explained at length why he believed the California man had repeatedly pushed the boundaries of his $250 million bail package to a point that Kaplan could no longer ensure the protection of the community, including prosecutors’ witnesses, unless the 31-year-old was behind bars.

After the hearing ended, Bankman-Fried took off his suit jacket and tie and turned his watch and other personal belongings over to his lawyers. The clanging of handcuffs could be heard as his hands were cuffed in front of him. He was then led out of the courtroom by U.S. marshals.

Bankman-Fried claimed that he was only defending his reputation, which sounds sort of familiar.

A federal judge will allow former President Donald Trump to publicly release some evidence in his election fraud case – but warned any statements from him or his lawyers intended to intimidate witnesses would result in swift action from the court and could push the case more quickly to trial.
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“The fact that he’s running a political campaign currently has to yield to the orderly administration of justice,” she said. “And if that means he has to limit what he says about witnesses in this case, that’s how it has to be.”

[The TOFF's mouthpiece] said Trump would “scrupulously” abide by any conditions Chutkan imposed, but argued he shouldn’t be restricted in his speech on the campaign trail. He highlighted former Vice President Mike Pence, who is both a potentially key witness for the government and one of Trump’s opponents for the Republican presidential nomination, as a particular sticking point.

“He’s a criminal defendant,” Chutkan responded. “He’s going to have restrictions like every other criminal defendant.”

I'll bet that just ground his gizzard to be reminded that he's a criminal defendant.