Many influencers help him to reach far and penetrate to those more influential people. This is alerting because people nowadays are not afraid to do big crimes even if their identity is been exposed around the world and its really good for the government to take action so that victims can get a justice for what they experience bad on their supposed to be good investment on trading's which they expect to run good by using FTX exchange.
Only a few people care about a good name. Money and fame rule our world now. People know that they can always bribe their way out of any problem so they commit crimes at will. With the money, they can hire the best lawyers, influence judges, and lobby politicians. SBF has the money (people's money) and it gave him access to powerful people. His donations and support to political parties cleared the path for him to become influential. But I don't think his connections can set him free because there is much evidence of his financial recklessness. But one thing is sure, his connections will influence his punishment.