cross-posted from: thelemmy.club/post/21708128
President Trump grants full pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, early bitcoin advocate.
Submitted 2 weeks ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to news@hilariouschaos.com
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/21/trump-pardons-silk-road-ross-ulbricht-.html
cross-posted from: thelemmy.club/post/21708128
President Trump grants full pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, early bitcoin advocate.
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com 2 weeks ago
I did not expect to see this - what a win for Libertarians.
airrow@hilariouschaos.com 2 weeks ago
also didn’t expect to see this, although I do remember him promising it
imo ross seemed to be actually guilty… (according to existing laws)
but I saw a rand paul writing arguing the punishment was disproportionate and that sounds sensible to me
sj_zero 1 week ago
That would make more sense to me tbh. The guy seemed clearly guilty.