"NORAH O'DONNELL: OK. Allowing U.S. terrorist groups to, you know, essentially move millions of dollars around. He pled guilty to anti-money laundering laws. That was in 2023. Then in 2025 his crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And then you pardoned C.Z. How do you address the appearance of pay for play?"
"TRUMP: I can only tell you that- O'DONNELL: He got a pardon- TRUMP: Norah, I can only tell you this. My sons are into it. I'm glad they are, because it's probably a great industry, crypto. I think it's good. You know, they're running a business, they're not in government. And they're good my one son is a No. 1 bestseller now."
A remark by President Donald Trump about leaving a 60 Minutes interview was omitted from both the broadcast and the 70+ minute extended version. The exchange occurred during questioning about the pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who pled guilty to anti-money laundering violations and whose exchange facilitated a large stablecoin purchase in 2025. Trump insisted he did not know CZ, said he was too busy, and defended his sons' involvement in crypto as legitimate business activity. The official transcript captures tense back-and-forth and leaves the tone of one remark ambiguous.
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