Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at what he has planned for his ...

Despite calling for the death penalty for drug dealers, president Donald Trump pardoned Ross "Dread Pirate Roberts" Ulbricht, the man behind the seminal online drug marketplace Silk Road ...

Allies of the online drug bazaar’s founder made the case to the president that the two men shared enemies.

Ulbricht's pardon has been met with gratitude from his family. His attorney Brandon Sample also expressed appreciation for the president's move. "Ross Ulbricht and his family are deeply and ...

In January 2025, a claim (archived) circulated that U.S. President Donald Trump had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was imprisoned for operating the dark web marketplace Silk Road. "I just called the ...

President Donald Trump said he granted a pardon Tuesday to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online marketplace Silk Road — a campaign promise Trump had made to libertarian voters. In a post on his ...

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 ...