Former President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the now-defunct online black market Silk Road. Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015. Trump's pardon, which he defended as an act of clemency for a victim of government overreach, has been met with mixed reactions. Libertarian activists, who long campaigned for Ulbricht's release, celebrated the decision, while others criticized the pardon as a further example of Trump's abuse of power.
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“It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote. “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.”Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, have long believed that government investigators overreached in building their case against Silk Road. Many held “Free Ross” signs.
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