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Changpeng Zhao

Canadian businessman

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Dec 19, 2025
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How many prisoners has trump pardoned this year alone

President Donald J. Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,600 people since returning to the White House in January 2025, a tally that includes mass pardons and numerous individual pardons and comm...

Dec 3, 2025
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Why did Trump pardon David gentile

President Trump commuted the seven‑year prison sentence of former GPB Capital executive David Gentile, who had reported to federal prison on Nov. 14 and was released about 12 days later, prompting wid...

Dec 1, 2025
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How many presidential pardons did Donald Trump grant by number and list of recipients?

Donald J. Trump’s second-term clemency record includes at least one mass pardon on Jan. 20, 2025 that covered “nearly 1,600” people tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol breach, and by November 2025 report...

Nov 11, 2025

What were the most controversial pardons issued by Donald Trump?

Donald Trump’s most controversial pardons clustered around three themes: clemency for January 6 defendants and allies who sought to overturn the 2020 election; pardons for political allies, donors, an...

Nov 19, 2025

How many pardons and commutations has Donald Trump issued by November 19, 2025 and how are they categorized?

Donald Trump’s second-term use of clemency has been large and idiosyncratic: on January 20, 2025 he issued a sweeping mass action that pardoned roughly 1,500 people charged in connection with the Janu...

Dec 12, 2025

Did Trump not know who he pardoned in 2025

President Trump issued large-scale pardons in 2025 — including blanket clemency for roughly 1,500–1,600 January 6 defendants on January 20, 2025 — and has publicly acknowledged at least one pardon whe...

Dec 2, 2025

Who were the most high-profile recipients of Trump's pardons and what were their convictions?

Donald Trump’s most high-profile clemency actions in 2025 include blanket pardons and mass grants for January 6 defendants (nearly 1,600 people), pardons of top allies who tried to overturn the 2020 e...

Dec 1, 2025

Were there political, financial, or personal connections between Trump and the pardoned individual?

Available reporting shows many of President Trump’s 2025 pardons involved people with political, personal, or financial ties to him — including donors, campaign allies and lawyers who worked on electi...

Jan 14, 2026

did trump siphon money from the united states using bitcoin

There is no direct, documented evidence in the reporting provided that President Donald Trump personally “siphoned money from the United States using bitcoin”; investigators and journalists have docum...

Jan 9, 2026

trump accepted a bribe to pardon ceo of binance?

The available reporting documents a web of lobbying, business dealings and meetings linking Binance, Changpeng Zhao, and Trump-family crypto ventures in the months before President Trump pardoned Zhao...

Jan 8, 2026

How many of Trump's pardons were issued to family members, associates, or political allies?

A precise, single-number answer cannot be produced from the available reporting because no source in the provided set publishes an authoritative tally that classifies every clemency recipient as a fam...

Dec 4, 2025

How do George W. Bush's pardons compare in volume and controversy to Trump's?

George W. Bush issued very few clemency acts: he is one of the presidents since 1900 who granted the fewest acts of clemency, joining George H.W. Bush . By contrast, Donald Trump’s second presidency h...

Dec 2, 2025

What legal or political controversies arose from Trump's prerogative to pardon allies?

President Trump’s broad use of clemency in his second term—mass pardons for roughly 1,500 January 6 defendants and dozens of allies, plus high-profile grants such as Binance’s Changpeng Zhao and forme...

Dec 1, 2025

Were any campaign donations or business deals linked between Trump and the pardoned person?

Multiple reputable outlets and watchdogs report that a significant number of people pardoned by President Trump in 2025 had prior political or financial ties to him, including campaign donations, atte...

Nov 30, 2025

Who was pardoned and what were the official reasons given by the Trump administration?

President Donald Trump has issued mass and individual pardons in his second term for roughly 1,500 people tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach and dozens of other allies, donors and business figur...

Nov 10, 2025

Who received Donald Trump's most controversial pardons?

Donald Trump’s most controversial pardons centered on his core political allies and figures tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell and othe...

Nov 4, 2025

Trump doesn

Donald Trump’s public remarks include distinct, verifiable claims: he has said he “doesn’t know” Changpeng Zhao despite pardoning him, and his communications and ads have repeatedly been flagged as mi...

Oct 27, 2025

What types of crimes did Donald Trump pardon compared to other presidents?

Donald Trump’s clemency record, as recently reported, includes over , encompassing convictions for offenses such as , and draws sharp criticism because numerous recipients are political supporters or ...