SBF denies witness tampering amid leak of ex-girlfriend’s diary

Lawyers for Bankman-Fried claim that his alleged contact with a press reporter does not justify jail time. Source: CourtListenerBankman-Frieds contact with press reporters was a “correct exercise of his rights to make fair remark on a post already in development, for which the reporter already had alternate sources,” the legal representatives argued.On July 28, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) looked for to revoke Bankman-Frieds bail declaring he shared Ellisons diary with The New York Times in an attempt to intimidate and pester her.Bankman-Frieds lawyers recommended it was the federal government that shared Ellisons journal with The New York Times, saying it was implausible the federal government had nothing to do with the short article. Crypto Twitter debates latest conspiracyThey declared the post– where Ellisons diary entries described feeling overwhelmed by her job, her insecurities and her heartbreak from her split with Bankman-Fried– cast her in an understanding light.Ellison has pleaded guilty to fraud charges and is apparently working together with the DOJ.