Trump Pardons 'Silk Road' Dark Web Drug Market Creator
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Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-01-22
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
News brief: President Trump issued a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder/operator of the Silk Road anonymous online marketplace, who had been convicted in 2013 of narcotics distribution, running a continuing criminal enterprise, money laundering, and related computer crimes and sentenced to life in prison; the article summarizes Ulbricht’s conviction, the controversy over his sentence, libertarian support for his release, and the political context of the pardon.
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