President Trump announced the pardon of Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, a notorious drug trafficking website. Ulbricht had been serving a life sentence since 2015, and Trump deemed the sentence unreasonable, citing discussions with Ulbricht’s mother early in his presidency. This action aligns with Trump's previous promises to support Ulbricht, and echoes sentiments from libertarian activists who claim government overreach in the case. Furthermore, Trump's administration has actively leveraged its pardon power to address controversial convictions, including those related to the January 6 Capitol events, indicating a broader pattern of challenging judicial outcomes viewed as unjust by his supporters.
The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me.
Ross Ulbricht has been a libertarian political prisoner for more than a decade, said a statement from Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle.
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