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Donald Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road who was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of money laundering, narcotics trafficking and computer hacking.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road who was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of money laundering, narcotics trafficking and computer hacking. Prosecutors alleged that the dark web marketplace Ulbricht created was “used by thousands of drug dealers and other unlawful vendors to distribute hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars deriving from these unlawful transactions.” Ulbricht was also accused of attempting to order assassinations of his perceived enemies, though prosecutors said there was “no evidence that these murders were actually carried out.” Crypto enthusiasts, many of whom supported Trump during the 2024 election, have long argued that his sentence was too harsh.

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