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Flattery, Lobbyists and a Business Deal: Crypto’s Richest Man Campaigns for a Pardon

A sophisticated operation is pushing President Trump to forgive Changpeng Zhao, which would boost the chances for his company, Binance, to break into the U.S. market.

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Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in federal prison after he and Binance pleaded guilty to money-laundering violations in 2023.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Asks for George Santos’s Sentence to Be Commuted

Ms. Greene, the hard-right House Republican from Georgia, called her former colleague’s seven-year sentence “excessive” in a letter to the U.S. pardon attorney.

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Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos during a vote on Capitol Hill in 2023.
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