US President Donald Trump said he pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao after lobbying and support by “a lot of people” that told him he wasn’t guilty.
CZ’s pardon was signed on Wednesday, and Binance data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-pardons-binance-founder-cz”> confirmed the presidential order to Cointelegraph in a statement.
During a press conference on Thursday, Trump data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GZHAAPCxr8″ rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank”>said he chose to pardon the Binance founder because he “was recommended by a lot of people,” had a lot of support and “people say that he wasn’t guilty of anything.”
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