The measure, S. Res. 772, passed by unanimous consent—a procedure that clears a resolution as long as not a single senator objects. Alongside its stance on Bankman-Fried, it affirmed the Senate's commitment to "the rule of law and integrity of the United States financial system."
As a nonbinding resolution, it carries no legal force, and cannot curb the president's constitutional power to grant clemency.
A rare bipartisan frontAt the time, a spokesperson for Lummis' office told Decrypt that, “SBF has clearly ramped up his pardon campaign and Senator Lummis wants Fried to know she and her colleagues think he’s right where he belongs.”
A narrowing path to freedom How FTX unraveledWith the courts, the White House, and now the full Senate lining up against him, Bankman-Fried's options are thinning—leaving his scheduled release, somewhere around 2044, as his likeliest route out.
