Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted FTX co-founder serving a 25-year federal prison sentence, formally submitted a presidential pardon application to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney on June 8, 2026. Bloomberg first reported the filing on Monday morning. The application is now visible on the DOJ’s public clemency case status search tool. Bankman-Fried specifically requested a “pardon after completion of sentence,” a designation that would not result in early release but could restore certain civil rights once his full term is served.