Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
US President Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug market Silk Road, who was imprisoned for over a decade.
US President Donald Trump has given a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the defunct darknet marketplace Silk Road who has been in prison for 12 years.
“I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbright to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” Trump said in a Jan. 21 post to his Truth Social platform.
The president added that Ulbricht’s sentence of 40 years plus two life sentences was “ridiculous.”
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Author: Helen Partz and Brayden Lindrea
