Sam Bankman-Fried Attempts to Get a New Trial: New York Brief

Feb. 11, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

Bankman-Fried asks for a new trial “in his own voice,” Jessica Tisch says she’s working fine with Mayor Mamdani, and a Holtzman Vogel lawyer will run against Letitia James, below:

Bankman-Fried Argues for New Trial

Sam Bankman-Fried in 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried in 2023
Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg

Sam Bankman-Fried is taking another shot at undoing his conviction after the Second Circuit appeared skeptical of his earlier arguments, Bob Van Voris reports.

This time the FTX co-founder is representing himself, filing a long-shot pro se motion for a new trial, a separate effort from the formal appeal that a Second Circuit panel is considering. That panel pushed back last year as Bankman-Fried’s lawyer, ...

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