Fried’s family is actively exploring avenues for a presidential pardon as the FTX founder serves a 25-year sentence for fraud. His parents, both legal scholars, have engaged with lawyers and individuals linked to Donald Trump’s inner circle,

Fried are exploring ways to secure a pardon for the onetime crypto billionaire from President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter. Stanford Law School Professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried had meetings in recent weeks with lawyers and other figures considered to be in Trump’s orbit about clemency for their 32-year-old son,