President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on Tuesday. Trump announced on Truth Social that he granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, citing support from Ulbricht's mother and the Libertarian Movement. Silk Road was a dark web marketplace that facilitated over $200 million in illicit drug sales from 2011 to 2013. Silk Road operated as a global drug marketplace using Bitcoin for transactions. Prosecutors arguing its anonymity enabled vendors to conceal their identities. Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015 for federal convictions on charges including drug distribution and computer hacking conspiracy.
