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FTX creator and also previous president Sam Bankman-Fried claimed Friday that he will certainly testify before theHouse Financial Services Committee next week

“I still do not have access to much of my data — professional or personal. So there is a limit to what I will be able to say, and I won’t be as helpful as I’d like,” Bankman-Fried claimed in a tweetFriday “But as the committee still thinks it would be useful, I am willing to testify on the 13th.”

The choice adheres to a week of bargaining in between Bankman-Fried and also House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) by quote-tweeting each various otheron Twitter Last week, Waters prompted Bankman-Fried to testify before her committee at a December 13th hearing concentrated on his cryptocurrency exchange’scollapse At the moment, Bankman-Fried concurred to testify as soon as he ended up “learning and reviewing” what took place to his firm yet did not devote to showing up at the December 13th hearing.

“Based on your role as CEO and your media interviews over the past few weeks, it’s clear to us that the information you have thus far is sufficient for testimony,” Waters responded to Bankman-Fried previously thisweek

On Wednesday, Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH)