Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht, Slams "Scum" That Worked To Convict Him
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-48% Medium Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
73% : In a statement on Truth Social, President Trump said:"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.72% : Here was Ross back in May when Trump made the promise...Those five words, posted by Elon Musk to his X account, sent the odds of a pardon for Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht soaring to near certainty.
64% : Well it may not have been officially Day One but Trump kept his promise and just pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht after he spent 11 years in jail.
45% : As CoinDesk's Sam Reynolds reports, Trump first promised to pardon Ulbricht during a campaign stop at the Libertarian National Convention last May.
45% : "If you vote for me, on Day 1, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht to a sentence of time served," Trump said during a speech last year.
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