A federal choose signed off on a protection request to permit FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to make use of an “air-gapped” laptop computer to take notes whereas in court docket throughout his trial subsequent month.
Bankman-Fried’s attorneys requested that he be allowed to make use of a laptop computer with no web entry to take notes throughout his trial, although he wouldn’t truly be capable of maintain onto the laptop computer outdoors of the courtroom. Choose Lewis Kaplan, the Southern District of New York choose overseeing the case, signed off on the request on Wednesday.
The protection group mentioned in its proposed order that the laptop computer can be the identical machine Bankman-Fried used when he was out on bail earlier this yr, although a know-how advisor would disable any community connectivity capabilities.
A paralegal shall be tasked with bringing the laptop computer to court docket within the morning and take it again from Bankman-Fried after the trial ends day-after-day. The trial is scheduled to start on Oct. 3.
The choose additionally signed off on a protection request that Bankman-Fried be allowed to put on a go well with in court docket. The U.S. Marshals Service or the Metropolitan Detention Heart must settle for and keep three fits, 4 costume shirts, three ties, a belt and different clothes objects.
Bankman-Fried appeared in court docket sporting a go well with throughout hearings for the higher a part of this yr, however has appeared in a jail uniform since he was remanded into custody final month.
The protection group has already misplaced two bids to have Bankman-Fried briefly launched since he was remanded, however has made one other try, providing to impose strict circumstances across the onetime FTX govt. Choose Kaplan set a 5:00 p.m. ET deadline at this time for the Division of Justice to touch upon the request and scheduled a listening to to debate the movement at 10:00 a.m. ET on Thursday.
UPDATE (Sept. 27, 2023, 18:47 UTC): Provides listening to schedule.
