Convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking a presidential pardon from Trump while serving his prison sentence, facing opposition from Republican lawmakers.

Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried, currently serving a 25-year sentence for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar fraud through FTX, is aggressively lobbying President Trump and his crypto-friendly inner circle for a pardon through a calculated charm offensive on X and jailhouse interviews, despite opposition from Republican senators like Bernie Moreno and Cynthia Lummis.