Prosecutors not ruling out state charges for commuted ex-Rep. George Santos

Santos was released after three months of a seven-year sentence.

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Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao | TechCrunch

Changpeng Zhao previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while running the cryptocurrency exchange, and served four months in prison last year.

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2/ here's an explanation of how Changpeng Zhao's ~$90 million per year PaaS plan ("pardons as a service") works:

#CZ #crypto #binance #pardon #pardons #uspol #uspolitics #USD1 #WLFI #SteveWitkoff #Witkoff

1/ nothing says "america first" like pardoning canadian¹ crypto criminals that laundered truly staggering amounts of money (possibly hundreds of billions of dollars) for drug #cartels, #terrorists, russian oligarchs, fentanyl traffickers, #ransomware gangs, and child abusers, at least as long as they pay ~$90 million / year to your crypto business.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63

¹ pronounced "chinese"

#WLFI #CZ #binance #WorldLibertyFinancial #uspol #corruption #pardon #Pardons #trump #americaFirst #MAGA #fentanyl #crypto #cryptocurrency #BNB #USD1

Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

President Donald Trump signed a pardon on Wednesday for convicted crypto executive Changpeng Zhao, who founded the Binance crypto exchange.

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Trump pardons billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

Zhao pleaded guilty in 2023 to a money laundering charge.

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Earlier this year, he pardoned the founders of #crypto exchange BitMEX in connection with similar anti-money laundering violations and the founder of electric truck company Nikola convicted of fraud. He has also commuted the sentence of the executive of now-defunct start-up Ozy Media.

#law #pardons #CryptoBros #technocracy #Trump #felon47

#Trump #pardons convicted #Binance founder #Zhao

In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump had "exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency."

#law #cryptobros #technocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-zhao-white-house-says-2025-10-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Judge questions whether #NewJersey Rep #LaMonicaMcIver was illegally targeted by #Trump admin

McIver attorney Paul Fishman argued McIver was prosecuted because she was a #Democrat, meanwhile Trump gave #pardons to hundreds of people who attacked police at the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021, & the #DOJ dropped numerous additional assault cases at Trump’s direction, despite video evidence of the attacks.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/21/lamonica-mciver-hearing-trump-00617224

Judge questions whether New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was illegally targeted by Trump administration

McIver was charged following a May scuffle outside a federal immigration facility when two other Democratic members of Congress were also there but not prosecuted.

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