FTX Exec's Wife Michelle Bond Set for November Trial on Campaign Finance Charges
A Manhattan judge denied a dismissal bid and scheduled Michelle Bond's criminal trial for November over campaign finance charges.
A Manhattan federal judge has set November as the trial date for Michelle Bond, wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, after rejecting her legal team's attempt to throw out the criminal indictment against her on campaign finance charges.
Bond's defense had argued that prosecutors misled her husband during negotiations related to her charges — a claim the judge found insufficient grounds to dismiss the case. The ruling clears the path for a full trial rather than an early resolution through pretrial motions.
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The campaign finance case against Bond is closely tied to the broader FTX collapse and subsequent federal prosecutions stemming from the crypto exchange's implosion. Salame, her husband, previously pleaded guilty to his own charges connected to the FTX scandal, making the dynamics between their respective legal proceedings a focal point of the defense's dismissed argument.
With the November trial date now locked in, Bond faces the prospect of a high-profile courtroom battle that could further illuminate the intersection of cryptocurrency industry money and U.S. political campaign financing — an issue federal prosecutors have pursued aggressively in the FTX fallout.
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