Donald Trump Pledges to Pardon Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht if Re-elected
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Former U.S President Donald Trump vows to pardon Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht if he wins the upcoming November election. Ulbricht, sentenced to two life terms with an additional forty years and no possibility for parole, has already spent 11 years in prison for charges related to the operation of the Bitcoin-enabled darknet market, Silk Road.
Ex-President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced that he will pardon Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht should he be re-elected in the forthcoming November elections. "On the first day of my term, I will reduce Ross Ulbircht's sentence," Trump committed as part of his speech at the National Convention of the Libertarian Party in Washington, on May 25. "He's been incarcerated for 11 years, it's high time we brought him home," he uttered regarding the originator of Silk Road - credited as the premiere modern darknet market that instituted a Bitcoin (BTC) powered payment system.
Silk Road was initiated in 2011 and managed by Ulbricht singularly from his personal laptop under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” On October 1, 2013, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confiscated the laptop. Ulbricht was subsequently convicted by a U.S. federal court in 2015 on multiple charges related to the Silk Road operations. His punishment was two life sentences plus an additional forty years with no option for parole. More details about this evolving news report will be shared as they come to light.
Published At
5/26/2024 4:37:18 AM
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