The American writer and journalist revealed that the founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX intended to offer former US President Donald Trump $5 billion, but only if the politician did not run for office. Michael Lewis, author of the new book about the rise and fall of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, titled "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon," shared his findings on the show "60 Minutes." According to the writer, Bankman-Fried was prepared to pay the politician around $5 billion, but even the FTX founder wasn't sure if this figure had been mentioned by Donald Trump himself. The businessman was exploring legal ways to make the offer, and even after FTX's collapse, the exchange's founder continued to have such discussions. Bankman-Fried believed that Trump was trying to undermine democracy in the United States, so he was willing to pay a significant sum of money to prevent the politician from running for the US presidency. However, this idea was not destined to materialize, as Bankman-Fried soon found himself without those $5 billion. The book's author mentioned spending over 70 days in the Bahamas. Over the past two years, he met with Bankman-Fried over a hundred times. The writer conversed with the businessman to create a book or screenplay based on the events surrounding FTX. Lewis also interviewed Bankman-Fried's parents. According to the journalist, even the closest friends and colleagues of Bankman-Fried believed that he was a "terrible manager" and unfit to lead people. Bankman-Fried was convinced that people should not be commanded, and these beliefs ultimately let him down, as per Lewis. Bankman-Fried knew little about FTX's corporate governance: he told the journalist that there were two people on the exchange's board of directors whose only job was to sign documents. The names of these individuals are unknown, and moreover, the composition of the board has already changed.