Lawyers for disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) are moving to expand the scope of their questioning for the prosecution’s next round of witnesses after a bruising two weeks of testimony by members of the mogul’s inner circle.

SBF’s lawyers raised concerns with what they said were restrictions on their available lines of questioning with government witnesses that they say block them from making a case for their client. To correct this, the defense asked for more room to explore defense theories through cross-examination—and to bar prosecutors from relying on lay witnesses for expert testimony.

“The government has objected to the defense’s effort to ask questions of government witnesses that strayed from the government’s conception, but the defense should not be precluded from ‘fleshing out’ its theories through cross-examination,” the lawyers wrote in their filing.

This request comes as Bankman-Fried’s trial enters its third week, and following testimony from a parade of witnesses who recounted episodes where they were directed by the FTX chief to mislead investors, clients and auditors on the firm’s health and its relationship with Alameda Research—also founded by Bankman-Fried. Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and Bankman-Fried’s former lover, emotionally recounted her relief at not having to “lie anymore” after detailing the pressure she said Bankman-Fried put on her to do so.

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Author: Nicholas Morgan

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