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Gabe Bankman-Fried

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 24: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak on the phone with children as they track Santa Claus with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, on Christmas Eve in the State Dinning Room of the White House on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Theodore Schleifer • September 19, 2023

Trump’s Perfect Thiel Call & Two FTX Bombshells

Dish on Trump’s furious fundraising request to Peter Thiel, the former lawyer buying up FTX bankruptcy claims, and an explosive lawsuit targeting S.B.F.’s parents.
Theodore Schleifer & Eriq Gardner • March 7, 2023
Will S.B.F. Cut a Deal?
Prosecutors may see the case against Sam Bankman-Fried as Bernie Madoff 2.0, but S.B.F.’s got good lawyers.
A close reading of the latest developments and looming mysteries: Can S.B.F. flip on a politician? Is Ryan Salame the next FTX insider to plead guilty? What will happen to the parents, Barbara and Joe, and to the brother, G.B.F? And will the case even make it to trial?
Theodore Schleifer • February 14, 2023
S.B.F.’s Unsolved Dark-Money Mysteries
Since last November, any exposure to Sam or his money has been like a scarlet letter, forcing nearly all of his political aides to lawyer up and play defense against federal investigations—and FTX itself.
A Taldmudic reading of exclusively obtained FTX filings suggests the next steps in this unfolding drama: finding out what Gabe Bankman-Fried knew about Salame’s dark money machine, S.B.F.’s ties to David McCormick, and more.
Last week, Gabe Bankman-Fried—brother of S.B.F.— was threatened with a subpoena by FTX, Sam’s former company.
Theodore Schleifer • January 31, 2023
The Brothers Bankman-Fried
Gabe Bankman-Fried rode his brother’s reputation, and moolah, to political-donor stardom. Can he survive Sam’s fall?
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • December 13, 2022
Keeping Up with the Bankman-Frieds
At the core of the S.B.F. dilemma is the brainy academic milieu in which he came of age: a place where effective altruism was discussed at the dinner table, shape-shifting was au naturel, and the pursuit of an ethical life undergirded it all.
S.B.F.
Theodore Schleifer • November 18, 2022
The Bankman-Fried Mystique
A clear-eyed assessment of the past and future of the crypto-political-philanthropic machine, some two weeks after his scandal erupted.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • November 15, 2022
Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius
The fate of Sam Bankman-Fried is being closely tracked at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, and by the dozens of allied political groups that are either racing to distance themselves from his surname or to find their next check.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • November 11, 2022
The S.B.F. Pandemic
The Bankman-Fried industrial complex is imploding, with massive turmoil brewing for the donor who was seen as the Democratic Party’s next great hope. Does all of that money just disappear?