Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

President Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web marketplace Silk Road

The pardon reportedly fulfilled campaign promises Trump made while seeking support from the cryptocurrency industry, which allegedly spent over $100 million on the election

Ulbricht, age 40, had been serving a life sentence without parole since his 2015 conviction for narcotics distribution

Trump announced the pardon on Truth Social, criticizing the federal prosecutors involved in Ulbricht's case

The article provides background on Silk Road, noting it facilitated over 1.5 million transactions and generated approximately $200 million in revenue during its three years of operation

While prosecutors alleged Ulbricht had attempted to arrange murders of perceived threats, they acknowledged no evidence showed these killings occurred