FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried asked a US judge to drop most of the criminal charges against him. Here's how the disgraced founder is trying to wrangle his way out of his own mess.

• FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to dismiss most of the criminal charges against him, claiming they're "legally flawed". 
• "In sum, Mr. Bankman-Fried is here to fight these baseless charges and clear his name," lawyers wrote. 
• Here's the 5 ways the disgraced founder is trying to escape his own mess. 

Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to rid his name of the several criminal charges against him following the collapse of the FTX founder's crypto empire.