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Trump Pardons Dark Web Marketplace creator Ross Ulbricht
Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.
toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to Libertarian supporters on his second day back in office by pardoning the former creator and owner of an underground e-commerce website known for drug trafficking. In an indictment, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara described Silk Road as a meeting place for criminals hoping to "buy and sell illegal drugs and other illicit goods and services anonymously and outside the reach of law enforcement." Ulbricht's early writings on the ideas behind Silk Road emphasized his desire to create a free and anonymous marketplace, to "use economic theory as a means to abolish the use of coercion and aggression amongst mankind," according to a public LinkedIn post.
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