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Trump Grants Pardon to Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht, Citing "Ridiculous" Life Sentence

Jan 22, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," Trump wrote.
38% : "This is a young man who was given an unjust sentence for something that should never have resulted in life behind bars," Trump continued.
26% : Trump announced Tuesday that he granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the notorious Silk Road dark web marketplace.
13% : Trump, in his announcement on Truth Social, criticized the handling of the case, calling Ulbricht's life sentence "ridiculous" and accusing the legal system of overreach.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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