Sam Bankman-Fried jumped on a videoconference call for an interview with Tucker Carlson from a New York state prison, where the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul is serving a 25-year sentence and says he's made some friends - including cellblock mate Sean "Diddy" Combs.

The new report from the New York Times seems to confirm what anyone with a little bit of common sense assumed when Carlson’s interview dropped: SBF, who’s currently serving a 25-year sentence for fraud after his crypto company FTX collapsed in 2022, is angling for a pardon from President Trump.

Fried’s family and allies are trying to help him escape a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.