Binance Hired Trump Ally to Lobby the White House, Paid His Firm $450,000 Last Month

October 25th. As per the politico report, Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting companion and the North Carolina lobbyist Ches McDowell is evolving into one of the highest-earning lobbyists in Washington. His firm, Checkmate Government Relations, has achieved a revenue of $7.1 million merely in the past three months, even though the company just opened its Washington office earlier this year. According to the disclosure reports, Binance engaged McDowell at the end of September to lobby on financial policy matters and "administrative relief" issues in the White House and the Treasury Department. Binance has paid Checkmate $450,000 for its services over the past month. However, CZ's pursuit of a pardon has been ongoing for more than just a month. As early as February of this year, just three weeks after Trump was sworn in as the President of the United States, Binance and CZ themselves hired a prominent cryptocurrency lawyer, Teresa Goody Guillén. Trump had contemplated appointing her as the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Her law firm's reports show that she has received a total of $290,000 in fees from Binance and CZ so far this year. McDowell and Goody Guillén have not responded to requests for comments.