Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial: Lawyers Begin Defense, FTX Founder Expected to Testify

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers began his defense at his fraud trial following prosecution testimony.

Bankman-Fried was expected to testify in his own defense after his lawyers called two other witnesses.

The judge denied a defense request to acquit Bankman-Fried before the case goes to the jury.

The first defense witness testified about Bahamas authorities directing Bankman-Fried to hand over FTX's remaining assets.

An FBI agent testified about Bankman-Fried's use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to automatically delete messages.