President Fulfills Campaign Promise to Pardon ‘Dread Pirate Roberts,’ Blames DOJ Abuse. On his second day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, an online marketplace tied to over $200 million in illegal bitcoin transactions. Ulbricht has been in federal prison since 2015, sentenced to life with no possibility of parole.
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