Murdoch Paper Flays Trump For ‘Stench’ of Crypto Pardon
The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has published a blistering editorial claiming that America’s Founding Fathers would be confounded by President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon a cryptocurrency kingpin.
“It sure looks like a conflict of interest,” the WSJ wrote about the bombshell pardon Trump granted crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao on Thursday.
“A reasonable person would look at this and easily conclude that presidential leniency can be bought,” the paper wrote in a scathing rebuke of Trump’s decision.
Zhao, or “CZ,” is the founder of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. In 2023, he pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws, and Binance paid $4 billion to settle. CZ was personally…
