A bizarre Twitter exchange is taking place between Sam Bankman-Fried and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who chairs the powerful House Committee on Financial Services. It began Friday when Waters sent a friendly tweet thanking the disgraced FTX founder for his public candor, adding, "We would welcome your participation in our hearing on the 13th."
Bankman-Fried then sent a Twitter reply to Waters and her committee, saying he needed to spend time "learning and reviewing what happened" (spoiler: he likely committed massive fraud), and that he was unsure he could do so in time for the Dec. 13 deadline. Waters then tweeted back to the effect of, "If you can spend all your time yapping to the media about FTX, you can do the same for Congress." The exchange felt less like a leading member of Congress confronting a crook than it did a loving-but-firm parent losing patience with a child.
