On the recordOctober 24, 2025
It wasn’t a crime, that he was persecuted by the Biden administration, and so, I gave him a pardon at the request of a lot of very good people.
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theintercept.comIt wasn’t a crime, that he was persecuted by the Biden administration, and so, I gave him a pardon at the request of a lot of very good people.
Trump defends his pardon of Zhao, claiming it was due to persecution by the Biden administration.
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