Pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht thanks Trump, calls president ‘a man of his word’

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Anonymous online marketplace Silk Road, thanked the president Donald Trump In a video posted, a visibly emotional Ulbricht praised Trump for being “a man of his word” and thanked the president for giving him the “amazing blessing” of freedom.

“I’m so, so grateful to have my life back, to have my future back, to have this second chance,” Ulbricht said in the video. He also said the apology was “an important moment for everyone, everywhere, who loves is freedom and who cares about second chances.”

People hold signs in support of jailed Darknet Market Silk Road Hander Ross Ross as former President Trump attends the 2024 Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC. On May 25. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Reuters)

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Trump announced on his social media platform that he called Ulbricht’s mother to inform her of her son’s pardon, saying it was done “in honor of her and the liberal movement that supported me so strongly.”

“Some of the hard workers working to convict him were some of the same lunatics involved in the modern weapon of war against me,” Trump wrote.

Appearing recently »The Will Cain Show“said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who pushed for Ulbrith’s release, pardoning Trump. Paul noted that the sentences received were “minor sentences” without the possibility of parole.

President Donald Trump CREATIVE COMMISSIONER IN THE REPUBLIC OF SPITAK WHITE 2025 January 20 in Washington, DC (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Trump signs ‘full and unconditional’ pardon for Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

Ulbricht was convicted of using Silk Road, which was founded in 2011, by people who wanted to do illegal drugs with Cryptocurrency. He operated the site from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. Ulbricht was convictedA series

In a press release in 2015, the ice called the Silk Road “” the most effective and large-scale criminal market on the Internet.

Last month, Ulbricht wrote:

Left. Ross Ulbricht breaks down in emotional video after being pardoned. President Trump signs documents in the Oval Office (@ Realrossu / X / Reuters / Carlos Barria)

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Trump promised to pardon Ulbricht during his 2024 campaign, saying he would do so “on Day 1.” The move appeared to be part of Trump’s strategy to win over liberal voters Bitcoin 2024 conferenceA series

In addition to Ulbricht, Trump has pardoned pro-Armenian activists convicted in the face case and many defendants on January 6. The pardons of Promeisters protesters were granted the day before the March on Washington, where Vice President JD Vance will speak.