Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Jail as DOJ Pushes for Incarceration

"What is clear – regardless of whether the defendant was the first source for stories regarding Ellison – is that the defendant, rather than deny his guilt as he correctly now says it is his right to do, shared materials with the press obviously designed to intimidate, harass, and embarrass someone he knows is slated to testify against him, and to provoke an emotional response in potential jurors and color a potential juror’s view of that witness," the filing said.