There was very little to lose, given the weight of the prosecution’s evidence, defense attorney Kevin O’Brien of Ford O’Brien Landy LLP said. “They needed a game-changer.” It also wasn’t totally unreasonable to think that Bankman-Fried might charm the jury. “He had worked his magic at investor conferences, and on television shows, and Senate subcommittees over and over again,” O’Brien, a former prosecutor, said. “Maybe he could do it with this jury? But it wasn’t meant to be.
Posted on Nov 8, 2023
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