President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Ulbricht had been serving a life sentence on charges related to the operation of the shadowy e-commerce site, which the Justice Department had described as 'the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet today.'
Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, stating that he had signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ulbricht in honor of his mother and the Libertarian Movement that had supported him. The President criticized Ulbricht's sentence as 'ridiculous' and claimed it was disproportionate to the crime. He also expressed frustration with the legal figures involved in Ulbricht's conviction, calling them 'scum' and accusing them of being part of the 'weaponization of government' against him during his time in office.
