Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the notorious dark web exchange Silkroad, which was known to be a thriving online market for illegal drugs.

Trump announced the news on Social function of truthSaying that the pardon was a tribute to Ulbricht’s mother and the libertarian movement.

In 2015, a federal judge Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment To operate Silk Road under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts”. But last May, during the 2024 election campaign, Trump promised to commute Ulbricht’s life prison sentence While speaking to the Liberal National Convention.

Ulbricht started the Silk Road as a libertarian experiment, and the party has been lobbying to acquit Ulbricht of his crimes for years now. Within the Liberal Party, many saw Ulbricht’s life sentence as a symbol of government overreach.