Odaily Planet Daily News SBF’s defense attorney said in a memo late Friday that prosecutors exaggerated SBF’s ability to access defense materials. It is said that when SBF was taken to a cell in the Southern District of New York Court, he still could not access the Internet normally, and it was far from the level that the Department of Justice said he could access the Internet.
SBF's defense team has sought to have him temporarily released or given more computer access to mount a defense, saying his Sixth Amendment rights were violated; while prosecutors insist they revoked bail last month on public safety grounds. Finally, SBF can obtain defense materials.
It is reported that earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice submitted a letter saying that SBF now has access to multiple hard drives provided by the defense that store defense materials, as well as a laptop with an air-gapped system every day, and a Internet-connected laptop with new battery provided by defense counsel.
In response, defense attorneys wrote that the scheme did not work in practice, and Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered SBF's team to detail what they believed to be inaccuracies. Friday's letter detailing the issues said SBF was taken to court on Wednesday and given access to a computer with internet access, but due to poor internet speeds he could only load one document.
The letter said: "Nearly a full month has passed since Mr Bankman-Fried (SBF) was remanded in custody and we have lost time to effectively prepare for trial. We would therefore like to reiterate our request that the court order an interim release Mr. Bankman-Fried." (CoinDesk)
Earlier news, in a document filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on September 6, court clerk Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe stated that a circuit judge rejected the SBF legal team's request to immediately detain SBF from the Brooklyn metropolitan area. Motion for center release. SBF's lawyer once argued that SBF could only use the computer twice a week, and there were problems with the battery and signal, which had a significant impact on the defense.