Jan 22, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after a high-profile prosecution that highlighted the role of the internet in illegal markets.

Jan 23, 2025 · During his first full day as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump announced a formal pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the underground illicit drugs marketplace Silk Road.

Jan 22, 2025 · President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

Jan 22, 2025 · The self-declared "pro-crypto president" Donald Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on Tuesday.. Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Topline. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he issued a pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison nearly a decade ago for creating the Silk Road, a website law enforcement ...

Jan 22, 2025 · U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Silk Road facilitated over 1.5 million transactions, generating more than $200 million in revenue from the sale of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, authorities have said. Users ...

Jan 22, 2025 · US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold. Ulbricht was ...

Jan 22, 2025 · President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road. The infamous dark web marketplace served as a global hub for illicit drug sales that...