Binance retained North Carolina lobbyist Ches McDowell in late September to lobby the White House and Treasury on financial policy and administrative relief, paying his firm Checkmate Government Relations $450,000 for one month of work, Politico reported on Oct. 25. McDowell, a hunting associate of Donald Trump Jr., has seen his firm generate $7.1 million in revenue over the past three months since establishing a Washington office earlier this year. Separately, Binance and CZ each hired prominent crypto attorney Teresa Goody Guillén in February, three weeks after Trump's inauguration, with her firm receiving a combined $290,000 in fees from the two clients year-to-date, firm reports show.