I've definitely seen several people claim it on HN. Almost invariably, such comments were downvoted into oblivion though, or had replies basically saying something along the lines of "what crack are you smoking?"

Some specific links to comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33909026

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33908850

There is literally a top-level reply on this very submission still saying:

> I will still be surprised if he spends a single day in prison though.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38122135

and several similar comments scattered throughout, that Dems will pardon him. So yes, delusion on HN is quite real. And crypto news attracts a deeply paranoid, cynical sort of mind, who have seen a glimpse of some big conspiracy and can't let go of it.

I have seen a some posters on HN and a lot of posters else where trying to use this case to bash the Democratic party. It very annoying because they never provide evidence to back up their claims.

You also see a lot of people bashing Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents or accusing them of committing crimes without providing any evidence.

I believe there is quite a few in the comments section here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33908577

I agree on this

Wondering if its perhaps two different subsets of people, with differing opinions that haven’t so much shifted, as that primarily just one’s been highly motivated to engage at a time? (In the same way that say surveys might draw disproportionately more engagement from those that feel extremely dissatisfied)

Or do you feel more that its a wholesale shift?

I mean, he did a couple other things besides try to launch a subscription model.