Trump pardons convicted Binance founder
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#3Fraud is now legal
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#4I'm impressed. Leavitt managed to Blame the Biden administration, effectively asserting that Zhao's crimes were a result of the Biden administration's "war on crypto." Never mind that Zhao was engaged in criminal activity for which he was prosecuted, tried, and found guilty.
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#5Fraud is now legal
As long as you bow to King Trump.
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#6Sub-headline: "Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost the Trump crypto company"
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#7> Zhao, in November 2023, pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court and agreed to step down as Binance CEO as part of a $4.3 billion settlement by the company with the Department of Justice.
Did he already pay the $4.3 billion? That's a lot of money, even for the federal government.
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#8>>Representatives of the Trump family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of Binance.
Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder
#9> Zhao, in November 2023, pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court and agreed to step down as Binance CEO as part of a $4.3 billion settlement by the company with the Department of Justice. Did he already pay the $4.3 billion? That's a lot of money, even for the federal government.
From what I can tell, Binance had to pay the $4.3B, while Zhao had to pay $50M.
The status of each isn’t something I can readily find.
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#10Most corrupt president in living memory (ever?) pardons convicted corrupt businessman, while directly profiting from said corrupt businessman's industry
Years ago people would have thought you were talking about the DRC, Haiti or Uzbekistan. Today's it's the USA.