When asked on 60 Minutes about his pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao, President Trump said “I don't know who he is” and “I heard it was a Biden witch hunt”
but CBS cuts it from broadcast Caitlin Keith / Deseret News : 3 takeaways from Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Trump says he doesn't know who Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is Steven Walgenbach / Inside Bitcoins : Trump Pardoned Binance Co-Founder CZ, Now Says He Doesn't Know Who He Is Alan Judd / Straight Arrow News : ‘60 Minutes’ cut part of Trump's response on bitcoin billionaire's pardon Mark Toon / Protos : ‘Crypto President’ Donald Trump sort of knows CZ, but he doesn't get crypto Conor Devitt / The Daily Hodl : 'I Don't Know Who He Is': Trump Questioned on Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Following Pardon Enjoli Liston / New York Times : Trump Says He Doesn't Know Crypto Billionaire He Pardoned Rob Quinn / Newser : Dems Cry Foul Over 60 Minutes Trump Edit Osmond Chia / BBC : ‘No idea who he is,’ says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon Alexandra Alper / Reuters : Trump says Nvidia's Blackwell chips would not be available to “other people”; in August, Trump suggested he might allow sales of a scaled-down version to China X: Molly White / @molly0xfff : O'Donnell tried again. Trump repeated that he knew “nothing about it” because he's “too busy”, then described his sons' success in the crypto business. [image] Aaron Rupar / @atrupar : O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao? TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is. O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him. TRUMP: Here's the thing — I know nothing about it [video] @cobie : @zerohedge Biden Mode Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on “60 Minutes.” CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> https://www.cbsnews.com/... Molly White / @molly0xfff : When O'Donnell took a third swing at it, asking if Trump was “not concerned about the appearance of corruption”, Trump responded: ""I can't say, because- I can't say- I'm not concerned. I don't— I'd rather not have you ask the question." [image] Dan Primack / @danprimack : This is remarkable. And not in a good way. When asked by 60 Minutes about the CZ pardon, Trump replies: “I don't know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that. And I heard it was a Biden witch hunt.” Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1 : Trump just told CBS he doesn't know who Changpeng Zhao is — the cryptocurrency billionaire he pardoned last month with ties to the first family's own crypto venture. @acyn : Reporter: Changpeng Zhao pled guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money laundering laws. Why did you pardon him? Trump: Okay, are you ready? I don't know who he is. [video] Mike Nellis / @mikenellis : Donald Trump just admitted on 60 Minutes that he has no idea who the fuck he's pardoning. I knew he was selling pardons, but I assumed he was at least somewhat engaged. But this explains so much. The most corrupt president in American history. Matt / @mattm0720 : It is absolute journalistic malpractice to not follow up on this and ask if he used auto pen. Awful job by Nora, but not surprising considering the media is not capable of doing their jobs m. Conor Lynch / @conorlynch04 : Lol the media spent years in Joe Biden doesn't know what's happening in his White House discourse and all the alarm bells are sounding that this is even worse and they won't touch it. Aaron Parnas / @aaronparnas : This is worse than signing a pardon with an autopen. @angry_staffer : Wow president autopen doesn't know who he's pardoning Jim Acosta / @acosta : [image] Kaivan Shroff / @kaivanshroff : Was it an autopen pardon? Or does he have dementia? I'm sure Jake Tapper is (not) on the case. Melanie D'Arrigo / @darrigomelanie : Not knowing who you pardoned, if you pardoned them, and who they are when they just gave your family a $2 billion deal and then received a pardon, should be a way bigger controversy than an auto pen. @wilson__valdez : Hey so he's literally doing the very thing that they alleged was a huge Biden scandal (despite no actual proof). Cool cool. Adam Cochran / @adamscochran : So then who signed the pardon...? Is the President just signing whatever random documents are put in front of him?! Matthew Sheffield / @mattsheffield : Trump admitting that all the “auto pen” stuff about Biden was a projection by Republicans. He signs things that his handlers tell him to. It's that simple. Brian Tyler Cohen / @briantylercohen : From the party that wails about “autopen” pardons on an endless loop comes “I know nothing about it.” @meidastouch : If Trump does not know the people he is pardoning, all of his pardons should be put under immediate review. We don't make the rules. Was this done with auto pen? @bulwarkonline : Q: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao of Binance? Trump: “Are you ready? I don't know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that. And I heard it was a Biden witch hunt.” [video] Tom Malinowski / @malinowski : Everyone complaining that Biden signed some pardons with an autopen should listen to Trump say “I don't know who he is” about a terrorist money laundering Chinese crypto billionaire he just pardoned. @60minutes : “I don't know who he is,” says President Trump, claiming he doesn't know Changpeng Zhao (aka C.Z.) a man he pardoned. C.Z. is a billionaire who pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money laundering laws. The government said at the time that he allowed terrorist groups to [video] Bluesky: @urocklive1 : Because of course they did. — They protected Trump from people seeing who he really is. — www.rawstory.com/trump-interv... @blogforarizona : www.rawstory.com/trump-interv... CBS News is no longer a reliable source of news re this president: they just got caught cutting key question on Trump's corrupt use of pardons from a published interview with Trump! @techdirt.com : 60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris — 60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night's episode featured President Trump, which is... Ankit Panda / @nktpnd : Latest Trump comments on nuclear testing from CBS suggest he's latched onto the zero-yield controversy; State Department compliance reports in 2021 accused Russia of conducting “experiments” that generated “nuclear yield” (not so for China) www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu... [images] Mastodon: BrianKrebs / @briankrebs@infosec.exchange : Did you watch the unfuckingbelievable interview that 60 Minutes aired last night on Trump? The travesty is that the edited version should never have been edited, as we can see from viewing the transcript of the entire batshit crazy interview. … Steve Thompson PhD / @SteveThompson@mastodon.social : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast - Raw Story — https://www.rawstory.com/... President Donald Trump got snippy as he was pressed about a suspicious pardon for a cryptocurrency billionaire linked to his own family at the end of his latest … Molly White / @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io : The full CBS interview with Trump about the pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao is shocking. https://www.cbsnews.com/... “Why did you pardon him?” “I have no idea who he is. I was told that he was a victim ... They sent him to jail and they really set him up. That's my opinion. I was told about it.” … @spocko@mastodon.online : I just read the entire transcript of the 60 Minutes interview. OMG — Brian Stelter wrote: — Only 1/3 of the Trump interview aired on “60 Minutes.” CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview. — It's BIZARRE, especially the way he talks about CBS paying him and Bari Weiss being in charge now. … Forums: r/politics : 60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris r/politics : Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here r/Liberal : 'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon r/thescoop : After paying Trump millions in extortion money under the guise of editing an interview with Kamala Harris, CBS heavily edits last night's Trump interview, including where he loses his cool. … r/inthenews : 'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon r/AnythingGoesNews : 'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon r/Law_and_Politics : 'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon r/Law_and_Politics : Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here, including his “corruption tantrum”. r/USNewsHub : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/thescoop : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/news2 : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/MAGANAZI : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/Humanitydool : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/GlobalNews : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/AnythingGoesNews : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/NoFilterNews : Trump loses cool as he's grilled on ‘60 Minutes’ — but CBS cuts it from broadcast r/politics : 'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon See also Mediagazer