The criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was reassigned to U.S. Judge Lewis Kaplan after U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams recused herself on Friday.
Kaplan is also overseeing high-profile defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, Reuters said. Abrams withdrew from the case because her husband is a partner at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, which advised FTX in 2021.
"My husband has had no involvement in any of these representations," Abrams said in a Friday filing. "Nonetheless, to avoid any possible conflict, or the appearance of one, the Court hereby recuses itself from this action."
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