Exclusive Transcript: The Full Testimony Bankman-Fried Planned To Give To Congress

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will no longer be testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, was scheduled to testify Tuesday before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services. But late Monday afternoon, he was arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government.

Forbes obtained a draft of Bankman-Fried's testimony and is publishing it here, verbatim. You can also read about the top takeaways in his testimony, and everyone he planned to blame in his remarks for the aftermath of FTX’s implosion.

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