According to ChainCatcher news, the government believes that Sam Bankman-Fried's claims are unfounded, asserting that the jury's verdict and trial outcome were reasonable.
SBF requested to overturn his conviction to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in September. He argued that Judge Lewis Kaplan's judicial bias and procedural errors undermined his trial. Bankman-Fried stated that the judge's decisions limited key defense arguments and restricted evidence regarding his investments. He also suggested that FTX's financial problems were exaggerated, implying that customers could still recover their funds.
The government dismissed these arguments, pointing out that SBF's appeal failed to demonstrate any errors or bias in the original trial. The government also supported the rejection of SBF's request to compel third-party debtors to provide specific documents, stating that the court's actions were correct as those documents were not in the court's possession.