Just Lock Him the Fuck Up!

One of the most basic conditions for bail should that the accused not attempt to tamper with witnesses.

It should be standard operating procedure for any counsel for someone out on bail to impress upon their client the inappropriateness of their doing so.

I assumed that this was done, but it appears that Sam Bankman-Fried attempted to tamper with witnesses anyway.

If SBF cannot manage even this level of common sense and law abiding, he really should not be out on bail:

The Department of Justice (DOJ) requested that the court revise FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions on Friday, amid concerns about possible witness tampering.

Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, asked that the judge bar Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees from his now defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research, as well as block him from using encrypted or ephemeral messaging platforms like Signal.

The new request comes after Bankman-Fried reportedly contacted an individual who has “firsthand knowledge” of his actions during the collapse of the crypto exchange in November and may serve as a government witness at trial.

“I would love to reconnect and see if there’s a way for us to have a constructive relationship, use each other as resources when possible, or at least vet things with each other,” Bankman-Fried said in a message to the individual on Jan. 15, both via email and Signal.

Williams argued that the message is “suggestive of an effort to influence” the witness’s potential testimony and could constitute witness tampering.

(Emphasis mine)

Could constitute witness tampering? 

This is as about as blatant as his running a secret chat group at FTX called "Wirefraud." (As Anna Russel would say, "I'm not making this up, you know.")

Just lock him up.