הקשר בין עסקי משפחת טראמפ לחנינת מייסד Binance ("בינאנס") | דעה

What are the concerns over this pardon in particular? You know, Trump, God bless him. He might not know who this gentleman is, but I'm sure his sons do, who are involved in their crypto enterprise. Xiangqing Zhao, or CZ, is actually a Chinese-born citizen who immigrated to Canada. Does that mean he's associated with the CCP or the Chinese government? No. And there's been really no direct ties to him personally, but there are ties to the Chinese government and the CCP through Binance. So let's talk a little bit about CZ and the pardon. He actually committed anti-money laundering violations at Binance. Binance was actively enabling their platform to support thousands of suspicious transactions, including those tied to Hamas, ISIS and Al-Qaeda. And they were utilizing the platform in crypto as a way to launder money. And this is in the indictment and the crimes he was charged with and the crimes he admitted to. So it's not that he was falsely accused of anything and then unjustly imprisoned. He actually admitted and confessed to these crimes. He had to serve four months in federal prison over it all. Now, on the pardon itself, I think, as you noted earlier, it's not legally, it's not illegal to pardon him. But politically, there are some questions because, as you mentioned, his Binance, or at least had poured quite a lot of money into one of Trump's son's companies or the stablecoin area. So what kind of political questions is that part raising? Well, first of all, before the pardon ever took place, Abu Dhabi-backed crypto MGX company invested $2 billion into Binance. That investment in Binance was pushed to World Liberty Finance, which is a crypto firm part owned, not wholly owned, but part owned by the Trump family. So the $2 billion was put into an account and then invested in World Liberty Financial, which is the company that's behind Stablecoin. Is it coincidental that $2 billion got pushed to World Liberty Financial and then this pardon comes about? So it's not like he was pardoned and then later on the $2 billion came, the $2 billion was already invested. So there's some questions on that.