Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao amid documented business ties between Binance and the family's stablecoin
Zhao's team paid a Trump-connected lobbying firm $1.3 million; Trump later said of Zhao, 'I don't know who he is.'
Senate Banking Committee Democrats letter on the reported Binance.US stake talks and Zhao pardon pursuit
U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (minority) · Primary record
- Link
- https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/binancepardonletter.pdf
- Publication date
- 2025-05-14
- Accessed
- 2026-07-21
- Last verified
- 2026-07-21
- Type
- congressional_letter
- Authors
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Jeff Merkley
- Notes
- Letter to the Deputy Attorney General and White House Counsel requesting information.