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From what I have read SBF doesn't "feel things" like compassion, remorse, or respect for authority and government. On one hand one could argue SBF stole the crypto (after all he was in the best position to know both the wallets and the exact timing it was going to come crashing down) and he is raising cash to flee - if that is even possible. On the other hand it's kind of brilliant timing if SBF didn't take the crypto for the actual parties to put more suspicion on SBF. The trial does not seem to be going well for him in either case.

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I think the main reason the trial isn't going well for him is his obvious, overwhelming, and well documented guilt of committing the crimes he's charged with.

Does he actually feel guilt over it or does he know he has to perform the appearance of feeling guilty?

I think you're mistaking the feeling of guilt with the state of being guilty of something.

The person you're responding to isn't claiming that SBF demonstrated remorse at his actions, he is claiming that SBF admitted to the crimes he's been accused of.

Whether or not he feels remorse for those actions is a separate concern. But yeah, he's guilty.

That just means he doesn't have good legal representation and political cover, doesn't it?

No, it means he defied and then fired his good legal representation because he preferred to publicly and repeatedly proclaim his guilt before (and with the direct result of effecting) the burning of his political connections.

His tweeting through the FTX collapse was a masterclass in self-incrimination.

The feds almost never lose. going to trial never a smart move. the best he can hope for is a sympathetic jury

Smart move? He was not offered a plea bargain, so going to trial was the only option.

You can always plead guilty.

Without a bargain there isn’t much point.

The judge could take it into account as a sign of contrition, and you save on legal fees?

> I have read SBF doesn't "feel things" like compassion, remorse, or respect for authority and government.

Given his complete lack of life experience and rather sheltered existence, I strongly doubt this type of shallow self analysis. He's purposefully lived a life where he gets to avoid those responsibilities, instead, preferring to live with payrolled groupies in a mansion doing drugs and stealing money all day.

I suspect him still but I think he thought the rules would continue to not apply to him so there was no need to do something like this. I think it is only now that he realises that his goose is cooked and the the tell is getting his hair cut - the wild genius act is over and the new act will be remorseful and obedient in an attempt to only get ~20years. If only he could get pregnant and skate like Holmes.

. On one hand one could argue SBF stole the crypto (after all he was in the best position to know both the wallets and the exact timing it was going to come crashing down) and he is raising cash to flee - if that is even possible.

I would assign a near 0% likelihood of this . For one, why would he need to hack his own exchange? Just quietly move funds to a secret address he know the private key to. Done. Being the CEO he would have 'god mode' authority to do this, and being a private company no audits anyway.

"hidden, internally poorly labelled '@SBF retirement fund' account"

Criminal malcompetence on the part of the software "engineers", as attested to in trial. If this particular inside threat were possible, they either skipped kindergarten cryptography or conveniently forgot how to split keys.

Sounds like an unholy mix of sociopath and incredible levels of autism.

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