,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ggb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,gallego 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,lummis7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that under no circumstances 
should ,samuel ,bankman-,fried receive  
executive clemency1 including a pardon  
or commutation1 and affirming the       
,senate's commitment to the rule of law 
and integrity of the ,united ,states    
financial system4  ,whereas ,samuel     
,bankman-,fried co-founded ,,ftx1 a     
digital asset exchange that grew to     
become one of the largest in the world  
in only #c years after its founding1 and
 ,alameda ,research1 a digital asset    
hedge fund1 trading on the trust and    
confidence of millions of customers and 
investors worldwide2 ,whereas1 on       
,november #b1 #bjbc1 a ,federal jury in 
the ,southern ,district of ,new ,york   

found ,bankman-,fried guilty on all #g  
counts with which he was charged1       
including #b counts of wire fraud1 #a   
count of securities fraud1 #a count of  
commodities fraud1 #a count of money    
laundering conspiracy1 #a count of      
conspiracy to commit wire fraud on      
customers1 and #a count of conspiracy to
 commit wire fraud on lenders2 ,whereas 
,federal prosecutors described the ,,ftx
 collapse as one of the biggest         
financial frauds in ,american history1  
in which ,bankman-,fried deliberately   
and secretly diverted billions of       
dollars in ,,ftx customer funds to      
,alameda ,research1 which he used as his
 personal piggy bank1 according to the  
,securities and ,exchange ,commission2  
,whereas1 on ,march #bh1 #bjbd1 ,united 
,states ,district ,court ,judge ,lewis  
,a4 ,kaplan sentenced ,bankman-,fried to
 #be years in ,federal prison and       
ordered the forfeiture of               
#aa1jjj1jjj1jjj1 finding that ,,ftx     
customers suffered losses more than     

#h1jjj1jjj1jjj1 equity investors lost   
more than #a1gjj1jjj1jjj1 and lenders to
 ,alameda ,research lost more than      
#a1cjj1jjj1jjj2 ,whereas ,bankman-,fried
 and his co-conspirators used stolen    
customer funds to purchase luxury real  
estate in the ,bahamas1 provide personal
 loans to himself and associates1 and   
fund a lavish lifestyle wholly          
inconsistent with the interests of the  
customers and investors who had         
entrusted their funds to ,,ftx2 ,whereas
 ,bankman-,fried has refused to accept  
responsibility for his crimes1 continued
 to claim innocence and to characterize 
his prosecution as lawfare1 and has     
spent his time in prison lobbying for   
clemency rather than cooperating with   
efforts to make victims whole2 ,whereas 
efforts of the ,,ftx bankruptcy estate  
to compensate victims remain ongoing1   
with claims still unresolved2 ,whereas  
,bankman-,fried formally submitted a    
petition for a presidential pardon to   
the ,office of the ,pardon ,attorney of 

the ,department of ,justice in #bjbf1   
with the application listed as pardon   
after completion of sentence and        
currently pending in ,department of     
,justice records2 ,whereas clemency     
would erase the conviction of           
,bankman-,fried1 weaken deterrence1 and 
send a deeply damaging message that     
perpetrators of large-scale financial   
fraud can escape permanent              
accountability2 and ,whereas the people 
of the ,united ,states1 and the millions
 of victims who lost savings1           
investments1 and livelihoods to the     
,,ftx fraud1 deserve an unambiguous     
statement from their elected            
representatives that ,samuel            
,bankman-,fried is not above the law and
 remains fully accountable for his role 
in one of the most brazen financial     
crimes in the ,nation's history and that
 accountability is essential to         
maintaining public confidence in ,united
 ,states financial markets3 ,now1       
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--    

7#a7 expresses the unambiguous sense of 
the ,senate that ,samuel ,bankman-,fried
 should not1 under any circumstances1   
receive a presidential pardon1          
commutation1 or any other form of       
,federal clemency2  7#b7 affirms that   
the #be-year sentence imposed upon      
,bankman-,fried reflects the            
extraordinary scale and deliberateness  
of his crimes1 his lack of remorse1 and 
the catastrophic harm inflicted upon    
millions of victims1 and that such a    
sentence serves the interests of        
justice2  7#c7 rejects any              
characterization of the ,,ftx           
prosecution as lawfare1 and affirms the 
integrity of the ,federal criminal      
justice process that produced           
,bankman-,fried's conviction by a       
unanimous jury and sentence by an       
independent ,federal judge2 and  7#d7   
reaffirms the ,senate's commitment to   
protecting the integrity of ,united     
,states financial markets1 safeguarding 
investors and consumers1 holding        

accountable those who commit large-scale
 fraud and theft1 and ensuring that the 
rule of law applies equally to all      
persons4