Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced FTX founder serving a 25-year sentence for fraud and money laundering, has formally requested a presidential pardon from Donald Trump — a bold move that taps into Trump’s history of granting white-collar crime pardons, even though most recipients bypassed official Justice Department channels. Bankman-Fried’s direct filing adds a new twist to this unfolding drama, as the crypto mogul seeks mercy from a man who’s already shown favor to convicted financial offenders — and the final decision remains in Trump’s hands.

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