DOJ Claims Sam Bankman-Fried Has Sufficient Access to Laptop in Response to Jail Release Request
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has claimed that Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, has sufficient access to a laptop computer for his defense.
According to a letter submitted by the DOJ on Tuesday, Bankman-Fried has access to a laptop functioning in an air-gapped environment for 11 hours each weekday and 7.5 hours on weekends and holidays.
Furthermore, the founder has constant access to three hard drives containing defense materials. Twice a week, Bankman-Fried is provided with an internet-enabled laptop.
Addressing previous concerns raised by the defense regarding battery life and internet speed, the DOJ stated that the defense team had received a new battery extending the laptop's usage time to approximately 8 hours.
Additionally, the internet speed fluctuated between 7.5 megabits per second (Mbps) and 34 Mbps throughout the day.
The DOJ believes this range is sufficient for most internet-related review activities and noted that several websites recommend 5 Mbps as sufficient for streaming videos.
"Although the internet speed varied in the late afternoon, all three internet speeds are sufficient for most internet review activities," the DOJ wrote
The development comes after a federal judge ordered to provide a report detailing the conditions of Bankman-Fried's detention at the Manhattan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Bankman-Fried was returned to jail in August after attempting to contact a witness and leaking another witness's diary to the media.
More recently, his lawyers asked for a temporary release from jail in order to work on his defense with his lawyers at the federal courthouse in Manhattan.
They cited poor internet connectivity and limited battery life as
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