Nov 17, 2025
CZ’s lawyer denies Binance co-founder’s pardon was ‘pay-to-play’

Teresa Goody Guillén calls accusations a “pile up of false statements,” as she questioned the political immunity of critics like Senator Elizabeth Warren.
The lawyer for Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied that he somehow paid for a pardon from US President Donald Trump.
Appearing on Anthony Pompliano’s “Pomp Podcast” on Friday, CZ’s personal attorney Teresa Goody Guillén described the criticism around CZ’s pardoning as a “pile up of a lot of false statements.”
“The media continues to refer to World Liberty as Trump’s company, and I haven’t seen anything to show me that that’s true,” she said, adding:
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