Trump Pardons Imprisoned Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, delivering on a campaign promise he made to court the cryptocurrency community and libertarian voters.

Trump made the announcement on Tuesday in a post to his Truth Social platform, where he initially misspelled Ulbricht’s name. Trump said he had called Ulbricht’s mother “to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross.”

Cards featuring images of Donald Trump and Ross Ulbricht.

Photographer: Brett Carlsen/Bloomberg

Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison after ...