JANE ROSENBERG
- Caroline Ellison said Sam Bankman-Fried had ambitions to become US president
- She said Bankman-Fried told her there was a 5% chance it'll happen "some day," she said.
- Bankman-Fried is on trial for seven criminal counts related to taking money from FTX customers.
Sam Bankman-Fried aspired to one day become president of the United States, his ex-girlfriend and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison testified in court Tuesday.
"He said there was a 5% chance he might be president someday," Ellison said on the witness stand in the criminal trial against the disgraced crypto mogul.