Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
- President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, after he served 11 years in prison.
- Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for charges including drug trafficking and money laundering.
- Trump described Ulbricht's sentence as 'ridiculous' and claimed it was disproportionate to the crime.
- Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle praised the pardon, calling Ulbricht 'a libertarian political prisoner for more than a decade.
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