60 Minutes
The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
TV Flash files “The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried” as hour 676 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 3, aired 2023-10-01, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E03: listed hour 676 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 3 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2023-10-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On” (S56E02). Next is “The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing” (S56E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The Attorney General –As the government shutdown looms, 60 MINUTES correspondent Scott Pelley sits down with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in Washington D.C. Pelley speaks with the head of the Justice Department about the indictments of former President Donald Trump, the Hunter Biden probe and the Jan. 6 indictments. Aaron Weisz and Pat Milton are the producers. The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried –Days before FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried is set to go to trial, 60 MINUTES conducts the exclusive first interview with author and financial journalist Michael Lewis who had a front row seat to Bankman-Fried's rise and fall. Correspondent Jon Wertheim speaks with Lewis, ahead of his Going Infinite book release, about Bankman-Fried at the height of his empire, the collapse of crypto and whether the FTX wunderkind believes he's innocent. This is a double-length segment. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.
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Where does The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E03 is listed hour 676 of 767 — hour 3 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 3.
When did 60 Minutes S56E03 air?
The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried aired 2023-10-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man
- S56E07 Vice President Harris | A Quiet Invasion | The Air We Breathe | The State of the Blues