Tucker Carlson, a prominent interviewer, has shared his latest interview with the disgraced FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) from prison.
In a latest post on his X Handle, Tucker shared the full interview, highlighting that Sam Bankman-Fried is doing his 25 years of imprisonment and he has joined from prison for an update on his new life.
Tucker also noted that SFB is sharing a cell block with Diddy, who was arrested on a series of charges including racketeering and federal sex trafficking. Sam Bankwho is currently serving sentence for fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of FTX in 2022.
In the interview, Tucker has asked many questions to SBF including what prison has been like and how prison life has changed his perspective. SBF said that he is currently in Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), Brooklyn and it’s been two years since he has been there.
While remembering his work at FTX, Sam said that “I’d have to sort of one on Slack Open, responding to messages and I knew that I had something else to do right after the interview that I hadn’t time to prepare for yet, that i was sort of preparing in the back of my mind.”
When Tucker asks have you made any friends in prison or has he met Diddy in there. Sam replies that he has met Diddy and he has been kind. “It’s a weird environment,” he said, adding “it’s sort of a combination of a few high profile cases and ex-gangsters.”
Bankman-Fried’s interview marks a continuation of Carlson’s pattern of engaging with polarizing figures, including his 2024 interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin/ This interview aligns with Bankman-Fried’s past consideration of using Carlson’s platform to reframe his public image as a Republican critic of “woke” culture, as revealed in a 2024 Business Insider report.
This interview has now sparked chain of reactions due to Bankman-Fried’s role in one of the largest financial frauds in cryptocurrency history, losing billions of customer funds and leading to his conviction in 2023.
