President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of anonymous marketplace site Silk Road, which the president promised to do on “day one” of his campaign.
“I just called Ross's mother, William Wolbright, to sign a full and unconditional pardon for her son Ross, in honor of the Libertarian movement that has so strongly supported her and me. I told them I was happy to be able to do it,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday. “The scumbags who worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics responsible for weaponizing the government against me in modern times. He was sentenced to two life sentences and 40 years in prison. That’s ridiculous!”
People hold signs supporting imprisoned darknet marketplace Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht as former President Donald Trump attends the Libertarian Party's national convention in Washington, DC, on May 25, 2024. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Ulbricht was found guilty of using his website, which was launched in 2011 and used cryptocurrency for payment, to sell illegal drugs, even though he did not sell illegal drugs. received.
