Formal Submission of Presidential Pardon Application by Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried 正式遞交總統赦免申請
Introduction
Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the defunct FTX exchange, has petitioned the U.S. executive branch for a pardon.
已倒閉的 FTX 交易所共同創辦人 Sam Bankman-Fried 已向美國行政部門申請赦免。
Main Body
The request for a 'pardon after completion of sentence' was documented on the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney website, with records indicating a 2026 submission date. This legal maneuver follows the 2024 conviction of Bankman-Fried on charges of money laundering and fraud, resulting in a 25-year federal custodial sentence. The judicial findings established that the subject orchestrated a systemic misappropriation of billions in client assets across FTX and Alameda Research.
這項「服刑完結後赦免」的請求已記錄在美國司法部赦免律師辦公室的網站上，紀錄顯示提交日期為 2026 年。此法律手段是在 2024 年 Bankman-Fried 因洗錢和欺詐被定罪，被判處 25 年聯邦監禁後採取的。司法裁定認定，當事人策劃了一場系統性的挪用，在 FTX 和 Alameda Research 挪用了數十億美元的客戶資產。
Regarding the current administration's clemency patterns, President Donald Trump has executed 147 pardons and commutations during his second term, including all individuals associated with the January 6 events. An NBC News analysis suggests a propensity for the granting of clemency in white-collar cases, noting that over 50% of individual pardons involved financial crimes such as wire and bank fraud. Furthermore, Bloomberg reports a correlation between substantial political contributions and the receipt of pardons, often bypassing the formal Department of Justice application process. Conversely, the President explicitly stated in a January interview with The New York Times that he possesses no intention of granting clemency to Bankman-Fried.
關於現任政府的寬赦模式，川普總統在其第二任期內執行了 147 宗赦免與減刑，包括所有與 1 月 6 日事件相關的人士。NBC 新聞的分析指出，政府傾向於在白領案件中 granting clemency，並 noting 超過 50% 的個人赦免涉及電匯和銀行欺詐等金融犯罪。此外，彭博社報導指出，巨額政治捐款與獲得赦免之間存在相關性，且往往繞過司法部的正式申請程序。相反，總統在 1 月接受《紐約時報》採訪時明確表示，他並無意赦免 Bankman-Fried。
Conclusion
The application remains pending, despite prior public statements by the President indicating a lack of intent to grant the request.
儘管總統先前在公開聲明中表示無意批准，但該申請目前仍處於待處理狀態。
Vocabulary Learning
The Architecture of 'Nominalization' and Institutional Distance
To bridge the gap from B2 (competent) to C2 (mastery), a student must move beyond describing actions and begin describing concepts. This text is a goldmine for studying Nominalization—the process of turning verbs (actions) into nouns (entities). This is the hallmark of 'Legalese' and high-level academic discourse, as it removes the human agent to create an aura of objective, institutional authority.
⚡ The Morphological Shift
Observe how the text avoids simple subject-verb-object patterns in favor of complex noun phrases:
- B2 Level: Bankman-Fried misappropriated billions of dollars. (Active, direct, narrative).
- C2 Level: The judicial findings established that the subject orchestrated a systemic misappropriation of billions... (Abstract, categorical, institutional).
By transforming the verb misappropriate into the noun misappropriation, the writer shifts the focus from the act of stealing to the phenomenon of the crime.
🔍 Semantic Precision & 'The Weight of the Noun'
C2 mastery requires using nouns that carry specific legal or systemic weight. Note these specific pairings:
- "Clemency patterns": Instead of saying "how the President pardons people," the author uses a noun-cluster. "Patterns" suggests a statistical trend, moving the discourse from anecdote to analysis.
- "Propensity for the granting of...": Rather than saying "he likes to grant," the text uses propensity (a natural tendency). This is a high-level precision tool that describes a psychological or behavioral inclination without using a subjective adjective.
🛠️ Implementation Strategy for the Student
To emulate this, stop using verbs to describe a process and start using 'The [Noun] of [Noun]'.
- Inefficient: If the government decides to change the law, it will affect us.
- C2 Masterclass: Any amendment of the current legislation would yield significant systemic implications.
Key C2 Lexical clusters identified:
Custodial sentence Systemic misappropriation Correlation between Lack of intent