**Just In 🚨**: According to The Block, Michael Lewis, the bestselling American author known for 'The Big Short,' has claimed that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of FTX, was willing to offer $5 billion to Donald Trump in exchange for him abandoning his presidential bid. Lewis mentioned that they had considered this plan and that SBF had reviewed whether the $5 billion sum would be sufficient to persuade Trump to withdraw from the presidential election and whether such a payment would be legally permissible. SBF's legal representative, Mark Botnick, has chosen not to comment on the matter. #FTX #DonaldTrump #PresidentialBid #MichaelLewis