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Last week we provided a Deception And Truth Analysis assessment of Sam Bankman Fried\u2019s New York Times interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin. We concluded that each portion of the transcript that featured his communication was deceptive, though not strongly so, with an aggregate DATA Score of -6.13%. We also promised that we would assess his Congressional testimony given on 13 December 2022 after being arrested in the Bahamas the day prior. What follows is our DATA Assessment of SBF\u2019s Congressional testimony.<\/span><\/p>\n

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D.A.T.A. Assessment of SBF\u2019s Congressional Testimony<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

In total SBF\u2019s testimony is 7,165 words, or roughly 25 pages in length. In our DATA Assessment we break this testimony up into 5 scorable fragments. Overall, the document scores as truthful at 14.89%,[i]<\/a>but 60% of its 5 fragments score as deceptive. Our DATA Assessment may come as a surprise. But deception scientists have found that\u00a0most people, most of the time, do tell the truth<\/a>. Said another way, most people, even those who are suspected of committing fraud do most often tell the truth. That said, there are important sections in SBF\u2019s Congressional testimony in which our DATA Assessment finds that he deviates from the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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DATAREDline<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Below is a screenshot of our premium product, DATARED<\/strong>line, which shows at-a-glance the running narrative of deceptiveness and truthfulness of SBF\u2019s Congressional testimony. As you can see the following fragments are assessed as deceptive:<\/span><\/p>\n