A squirrely Sam Bankman-Fried tried to squirm his way out of answering questions during a surprise hearing at his Manhattan federal fraud trial Thursday — as he claimed his trading firm had been “permitted” to “borrow” the $8 billion in FTX user funds he is charged with stealing.
Bankman-Fried, 31, flailed as prosecutor Danielle Sassoon grilled him on the stand after the judge sent jurors home for the day to go over what evidence would be included in the accused crypto crook’s hotly-anticipated Friday morning testimony.
