On March 7, it was reported that SBF's crisis public relations manager has resigned after a prison interview between FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Tucker Carlson was released without notice on Thursday. Mark Botnick, who has represented SBF since the collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange, in November 2022, resigned on Thursday after learning of the interview. This was the second interview the SBF had since breaking two years of public silence after being jailed. The interviews appear to be part of his attempt to obtain a presidential pardon. In both interviews, the SBF praised President Trump, criticized Biden's previous administration, and argued that he began to take the Republican Party more seriously after failed contacts with former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler. SBF's best known identity before his arrest may be as a billionaire practicing "effective altruism" who had donated huge sums of money to Democratic politicians. In the year from the explosion of billions in FTX funds to his trial in court, SBF has given countless media interviews and sometimes caused itself in trouble. At one point, he even showed his ex-girlfriend's diary to a reporter and was imprisoned to prevent potential witness interference. Botnick has reportedly been working with SBF during this period. The public relations manager was allegedly caught off guard when SBF posted on X about the Trump administration's attempt to fire federal employees.