WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday said he did not know anything about Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire crypto exchange founder with close ties to the Trump family’s own crypto empire — despite the fact that he he pardoned him last month.

" I don't know who he is ," Trump said when asked on CBS's "60 Minutes" why he pardoned him.

“I can only tell you this. My sons are into it,” Trump added. “I’m glad they are, because it’s probably a great industry, crypto. I think it’s good.”

“I know nothing about the guy,” Trump said again when pressed.

He claimed that Zhao, also known as “CZ,” was the victim of the “weaponization” of the Justice Department, without providing further details. At the time of the guilty plea deal, federal prosecutors said Zhao caused “significant harm to

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