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Gary Wang, co-founder and chief technology officer of FTX, was sentenced to no time in prison on Wednesday, two years after the cryptocurrency firm collapsed and faced accusations of defrauding customers.

Gaetz, for his part, is echoing Trump's playbook of characterizing all accusations against him as being part of a political witch hunt.

And Trump is reportedly pressuring senators to confirm Matt Gaetz as attorney general, despite newly public accusations against the Republican former lawmaker.

By then, he was already facing accusations of subversion under the NSL for organising the primary.

In a statement, Mr Baghaei said similar accusations of attempts to assassinate US presidents had been made in the past, which Iran denied and went on to be false.