‘This Was Not a Biden Witch Hunt’: CNN’s Jake Tapper Torpedoes Trump Claim About Crypto Executive He Pardoned

Ahmad Austin Jr. Nov 3rd, 2025, 2:53 pm

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CNN’s Jake Tapper shot down President Donald Trump’s claim that he pardoned a man he didn’t know because he was a victim of a “Biden witch hunt.”

On the most recent episode of , Norah O’Donnell pressed Trump about his pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao in October. Zhao, in 2023, pleaded guilty to money laundering charges and was sentenced to four months in prison. In response to O’Donnell’s questioning, Trump revealed that he didn’t actually know who Zhao was . To him, the billionaire was simply something caught up in a “witch hunt” orchestrated by the administration of former President Joe Biden .

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