Former President Donald Trump on Saturday promised to commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online drug website Silk Road.
“If you vote for me on day one, I will commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence to time served,” Trump said. Said he told the crowd while speaking at the Libertarian Party’s national convention.
In May 2015, Ulbricht, 31, was sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Ulbricht’s case is seen as a libertarian abuse of government power.
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During the trial, prosecutors said the Silk Road website connected drug sellers and buyers through anonymous transactions paid in Bitcoin.
The website was launched in 2011 and Ulbricht operated it under the name “Dread Pirate Roberts” until it was shut down in October 2013.
Drugs allegedly “distributed” through the Silk Road website have been linked to at least six deaths, the report said. press release From U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Many of the participants in the tournament saw They are holding signs that read “Liberate Ross.”
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“That’s one of the things we wanted for his first term,” said Katherine Jeniskavitch, president of the Libertarian Party National Committee. Said POLITICO.
