60 Minutes: The Attorney General, The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried (CBS Sunday October 1, 2023)

60 Minutes: The Attorney General, The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried airs Sunday October 1, 2023 on CBS

What can we expect from this episode

The Attorney General –U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland talks to 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley in Washington, D.C., as a government shutdown looms in the background. The two discuss the indictments of former President Donald Trump, the Hunter Biden probe, and the indictments from January 6. Aaron Weisz and Pat Milton are the producers.

The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried –Author and financial journalist Michael Lewis, who witnessed FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s rise and fall firsthand, gives an exclusive first interview to 60 Minutes just days before Bankman-Fried’s trial begins. Lewis talks to correspondent Jon Wertheim before the release of his book Going Infinite about Bankman-Fried at the height of his empire, the collapse of crypto, and whether or not the FTX wunderkind thinks he is innocent. This is a double-length segment
. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.

60 Minutes has been on the air since 1968, beginning on a Tuesday, but spending most of its time on Sundays, where it remains today. This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events. 60 Minutes has set unprecedented records in the Nielsen’s ratings with a number 1 rating, five times, making it among the most successful TV programs in all of television history. This series has won more Emmy awards than any other news program and in 2003, Don Hewitt, the creator (back in 1968), was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, along with the 60 Minute correspondents. Added to the 11 Peabody awards, this phenomenally long-lived series has collected 78 awards up to the 2005 season and remains among the viewers top choice for news magazine features.

Season 56 Episode 3

When can we see the episode

60 Minutes: The Attorney General, The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried airs Sunday October 1, 2023 at 19:00 on CBS

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