Elizabeth Warren rebuffs CZ defamation threat as ‘without merit’

Senator Elizabeth Warren's lawyer, Ben Stafford, rejected a defamation threat from Teresa Goody Guillén, the lawyer for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), regarding a social media post about Trump's pardon of Zhao. Guillén demanded Warren retract an October 23 X post citing "corruption" in the pardon, which alleged Zhao "pleaded guilty to a criminal money laundering charge." Stafford countered that any defamation claim would be "without merit" because Zhao pleaded guilty to violating an anti-money laundering law (the Bank Secrecy Act) and that Warren's post was "true in all respects." Stafford also noted that a public figure like Zhao must prove "actual malice" to win a defamation suit. Warren's post also claimed Zhao "financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon," linking Binance to Trump family crypto ventures, which has been reported by major news outlets.

(Source：Cointelegraph)