Prosecutors used Sam Bankman-Fried’s own words against him in cross-examination

Disgraced tech mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, who decided to take the stand in his own defense, faced a withering cross-examination at his high-profile criminal trial.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Soon Sam Bankman-Fried’s fate will be in a jury’s hands. Today the disgraced founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX finished testifying in his own defense. It was a high-stakes gamble, and it culminated with a cross-examination of Bankman-Fried over two days. NPR’s David Gura was at the courthouse. He is with us now. Hey, David.

DAVID GURA, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise.

KELLY: Did the gamble pay off? How’d the cross go?

GURA: Well, there were

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