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Convicted FTX executive Ryan Salame has filed a document in his case alleging that the US government has reneged on their (verbal) promise not to pursue campaign finance charges against his partner, Michelle Bond.
![U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon read from prepared talking points and explained that, although she could not put this condition within the four corners of the Agreement (as she said is often the practice of the office), “if we conclude” the investigation “as to [Salame], that would conclude th[e] facet of the investigation” into Bond. Salame Decl. ¶ 6. In other words, Sassoon represented that Salame’s pleading guilty would also terminate the investigation into Bond. Salame’s lawyers, who also represented Bond, were surprised by such a direct statement tying a plea to Bond’s investigation, and they communicated their understanding of this statement to both Salame and Bond. Salame Decl. ¶ 7. Salame’s lead lawyers had long careers in DOJ, and, as they relayed to Salame, neither had seen such clear inducement presented in pre-charging discussions. Id. ¶ 8. That Sassoon was reading from talking points reinforced defense counsel’s impression that the assurance was sincere, and not a thoughtless or off-hand comment. Indeed, defense counsel was so certain of the sincerity that, once Salame entered the Agreement, defense counsel put their file in storage as to Bond, believing the matter had concluded. Id. ¶ 9. Based on Sassoon’s representations, Salame signed the Agreement even though it did not mention the condition regarding Bond and instead included a boilerplate integration clause stating that the writing “supersedes any prior understandings, promises, or conditions between this](https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/002/065/436/748/847/original/f92fe2b63f19c467.png "U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon read from prepared talking points and explained that, although she could not put this condition within the four corners of the Agreement (as she said is often the practice of the office), “if we conclude” the investigation “as to [Salame], that would conclude th[e] facet of the investigation” into Bond. Salame Decl. ¶ 6. In other words, Sassoon represented that Salame’s pleading guilty would also terminate the investigation into Bond. Salame’s lawyers, who also represented Bond, were surprised by such a direct statement tying a plea to Bond’s investigation, and they communicated their understanding of this statement to both Salame and Bond. Salame Decl. ¶ 7. Salame’s lead lawyers had long careers in DOJ, and, as they relayed to Salame, neither had seen such clear inducement presented in pre-charging discussions. Id. ¶ 8. That Sassoon was reading from talking points reinforced defense counsel’s impression that the assurance was sincere, and not a thoughtless or off-hand comment. Indeed, defense counsel was so certain of the sincerity that, once Salame entered the Agreement, defense counsel put their file in storage as to Bond, believing the matter had concluded. Id. ¶ 9. Based on Sassoon’s representations, Salame signed the Agreement even though it did not mention the condition regarding Bond and instead included a boilerplate integration clause stating that the writing “supersedes any prior understandings, promises, or conditions between this")
Bond was previously under investigation for campaign finance issues pertaining to her 2022 Congressional campaign in New York’s District 1.
In June of this year, she launched a think tank pushing for friendly crypto and AI regulation, and a month ago they launched a program aiming to register pro-crypto voters in swing states.
Salame is requesting that either any indictment of Bond be dismissed with prejudice, or his conviction be vacated. He is due to report to prison to begin his 7 1/2 year sentence later this year.
@molly0xfff Do you find this positive/
@gammee16 If it's true that, while negotiating the plea, the prosecutor promised to stop a largely unrelated investigation against his partner, it certainly seems like something that ought to be reviewed.
However, his chances of success seem low to me (though I'm not a lawyer) because he confirmed during his plea that he was agreeing only to the written terms.
@molly0xfff Thanks for sharing with me. What are you thinking about this whole climate change thing?
@molly0xfff kinda hard when you said stuff like this on the record already but hey if michael flynn can get off even after pleading guilty there's still hope for our favorite felon on twitter
