The new book "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon" written by Michael Lewis, the original author of "The Big Short", describing the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has already been announced before it is officially released. The famous author Recently, fierce news emerged that in order to get Trump to give up running for president, SBF had seriously considered buying him with US$5 billion.

Michael Lewis pointed out in a recent interview with CBS that SBF had indeed contacted Trump about the matter and received a reply from the other party. During the negotiation process, the two parties also discussed a price tag of "$5 billion."

Michael Lewis added in the interview that SBF also investigated whether the deal was legal after learning of Trump's position. He said:

What SBF wondered at the time was not only "whether $5 billion is enough to buy Trump out of running", but "Is it legal to do so?"

SBF spokesman Mark Botnick declined to comment.

As we all know, SBF has been very active in funding campaigns of both parties in the United States in the past. In August this year, the U.S. Department of Justice accused him of violating election finance regulations by illegally misappropriating more than $100 million in FTX user deposits to fund political donations.

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