If you understand the story below, you'll know why SBF is highly unlikely to get a pardon: 'This guy printed $250 million in his basement and only served 6 weeks in jail. Frank Bourassa not only made "counterfeit money," but the fake bills he produced were even better than the ones made by the government. He spent two years studying every anti-counterfeiting feature of the $20 bill and even tricked a paper mill into producing the exact same cotton-linen blend paper used by the U.S. Treasury. When the Secret Service finally caught him, he was facing 60 years in prison. But Frank had a backup plan. He still had $200 million in secret cash stashed away. He offered the FBI a deal they couldn’t refuse: the location of his hidden stash. He ended up serving just 6 weeks and paid a $1,350 fine. That amount of money is basically enough to buy a TV, while the crime involved a whopping $250 million.'