Sambankmanfried post on X says people who fire are “the hardest thing in the world”

Bankmanfried has expressed sympathy for a government employee who lost his job working to get presidential pardon from Donald Trump's banker.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried posted his first post on social media for the first time in two years, saying, “Firing people is one of the hardest things in the world.”

In a series of posts about X, the banker's fishing expressed sympathy for a government official who lost his job. His comments come when President Donald Trump's administration was fired or staff were left off.

Bankmanfried said:

“I have a lot of sympathy for government employees. I have not checked emails from the past few days either. And being unemployed means I'm far less relaxed than I seem to look. You can confirm that.”

Bankmanfried, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his involvement in the collapse of FTX last March, said dismissal was one of the most difficult things in the world. In his experience it is not usually the employee's fault that they were fired, but it is often the best path to take.

“We'll tell this to everyone we let go: not having the right role for them or having the right person to manage them or the right work environment for them. It was our fault,” he said.

4) I will tell this to everyone we let go of this: not having the right role for them, or having the right person to manage them, or having the right work environment for them It was our fault that we didn't.

– SBF (@SBF_FTX) February 25, 2025

I'm seeking a presidential pardon

Bankmanfried's post comes as parents are trying to give their son a presidential pardon from Trump.

It was reported in January that Stanford University professor Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried had met with lawyers and members of the Trump administration. The pair want to receive generosity for the banker's fried.

A few days after Trump entered the White House with Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht (who served in prison for 12 years), Bankmanfried's parents hope for similar success.

Bankman-Fried previously called his sentence “Draconian” despite FTX customers recovering most of the money. It was reported in December that crypto exchanges would begin repayments to customers in early January.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoided Judge Lewis Kaplan ruling in November that he was given time. Former FTX executive Nishad Singh also avoided prison sentence.

However, Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, (FTX's sister company), was sentenced to 24 months in September.