Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
- President Donald Trump granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, after he served 11 years in prison for various charges including money laundering and drug trafficking.
- Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site described by the Justice Department as the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet today.
- Trump called Ulbricht's sentence ridiculous and claimed it was disproportionate to the crime, expressing frustration with the legal figures involved in Ulbricht's conviction.
- Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle celebrated the pardon, calling Ulbricht a libertarian political prisoner for more than a decade.
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