Judging Sam: The Aftermath
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Pushkin Industries
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
It's all over. Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven counts. But what now? Michael Lewis, Lidia Jean Kott, and Judging Sam’s legal expert, O’Melveny defense attorney Rebecca Mermelstein, reflect on the outcome and look ahead to sentencing, SBF's other legal troubles, and the fate of the cooperating witnesses.
This conversation was recorded on November 7.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey listeners. |
| 0:10.0 | If you're in the Bay Area in California, you ought to come out on Monday, November the 13th to the Sydney |
| 0:15.6 | Goldstein Theater in San Francisco. On that night, I'll be on stage during a live event talking |
| 0:21.3 | about my new book, Going the rise and fall of a new |
| 0:24.7 | tycoon the book is about Sam Bankman freed and the spectacular rise and fall of |
| 0:30.7 | his crypto exchange FTX I had really almost unlimited access and it's an incredible |
| 0:36.1 | story and I can't wait to tell you about it. It's at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, November the 13th and presented by City Arts and Lectures. |
| 0:44.8 | For more information on attending live, purchasing tickets, or watching online, visit |
| 0:49.6 | CityArts.net. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm looking forward to seeing you there. |
| 0:56.0 | Welcome to Judging Sam, the trial of Sam Bankman Freed. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm Michael Lewis. |
| 1:01.0 | We're recording this on Tuesday, November the 7th, five days after Sam was found guilty on all seven counts. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm here with lawyer and former SDNY prosecutor, Rebecca Murmel's team, now of of O' Melvigny and Myers and our intrepid reporter, Lydia |
| 1:17.6 | Jean Cotton. |
| 1:18.6 | Hello Rebecca. |
| 1:19.6 | Hey Michael, nice to be back with you. |
| 1:21.6 | Good to see you. |
| 1:22.8 | And LJ, glad we're at the end of this. |
| 1:25.7 | Why don't you take it away since you were there |
| 1:27.6 | for the last day and the verdict? |
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