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President Trump on Tuesday pardon Ross Ulbricht , the creator of the infamous dark vane rally Silk Road , which was considerably have sex as a once - flourish on-line marketplace for illegal drug .
Trump announced the tidings ina Truth Social position , saying the forgiveness was in honor of Ulbricht ’s female parent and the Libertarian movement .
In 2015 , a federal judgesentenced Ulbricht to life in prisonfor operate on Silk Road under the pseudonym “ Dread Pirate Roberts . ” But last May , while on the 2024 hunting expedition trail , Trump predict to commute Ulbricht ’s life sentence sentencewhile speaking to the Libertarian National Convention .
Ulbricht started Silk Road as a Libertarian experiment , and the party has been lobby to exonerate Ulbricht of his crimes for year now . Within the Libertarian Party , many viewed Ulbricht ’s aliveness sentence as a symbol of governance overreach .
