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Ryan Salama, who was formerly co-CEO of FTX, has launched a high-profile social media campaign that appears to be aimed at getting a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, even though he is currently serving a federal prison sentence.
In recent weeks, Salama’s X account has posted a series of political messages praising Republican priorities, attacking Democrats, and aligning closely with Trump’s rhetoric on immigration enforcement and election integrity.
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Salama stated in a post that if he was pardoned, he would “serve the rest of his sentence working as an ICE agent,” and the comment quickly went viral.
He claimed in another post that voter ID laws were being twisted, and suggested that funding ID would “end the Democrats’ false pretense” about voter suppression.
He also promised to pay for legal citizens to get ID to vote, for those who can’t. If he was free.
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Salama is currently serving a 90-month federal sentence In a medium security US Bureau of Prisons facility.
In 2023, he pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance and labor laws An unlicensed money transfer company linked to the FTX platform.
But how do you post permanently on the X platform from inside the prison? Federal prisoners are denied direct access to social media.
Their posts are widely understood to be disseminated through third parties acting on their behalf, usually relying on phone calls, written correspondence, or pre-approved letters – a common case among high-profile inmates.
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Attacking prosecutors, repeating Trump’s themes
Many of his posts directly attacked federal prosecutors, including allegations that he was forced into a plea deal and that the Justice Department misled him about investigations into his wife.
Salama has repeatedly cast his prosecution as politically motivated — language consistent with Trump’s broader criticism of the Justice Department.
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Salama’s public position comes in light of… The latest wave of pardons and sanctions announced by Trump including a number of cases related to crypto and financial crimes.
These steps contributed to Reshaping expectations on presidential pardons particularly for defendants who assert that their prosecutions were the result of regulatory abuses.
Trump has also further intensified ICE actions and revived claims that Democrats – including President Joe Biden – undermined the integrity of the election, themes that Salama is now amplifying publicly.
Salama did not explicitly ask for the pardon, but the letters leave no room for doubt.
Former FTX CEO gets out of prison making a public case to be included in Trump’s pardon list. It aligns with the president’s political agenda as closely as possible, post by post.
