On Tuesday, President Donald Trump carried through on another campaign promise, issuing a presidential pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the underground website Silk Road. But why did he do it?

President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web black market, Tuesday. “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let ...

Ross Ulbricht, formerly known online by the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts" (a nod to the novel "The Princess Bride"), is known today as the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, a former site on the ...

Presidential pardon means Ross Ulbricht will not have to serve the remainder of the double life sentence plus 40 years he was handed in 2015 - Lyn Ulbricht/Reuters Donald Trump has granted a full ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of notorious dark web marketplace Silk Road, which allowed users to buy and sell illegal products and ...

A little over 11 years and three months ago, Ross Ulbricht was arrested in the science fiction section of a public library in San Francisco, caught with his laptop still logged in to the Silk Road, ...

Last September, I spent an evening at a meetup near Atlanta titled “Bitcoin Enters the Mainstream Political Arena.” It was the first time that the group of mostly white, mostly male, mostly bearded ...

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 ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said he issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web Silk Road marketplace of illicit drugs. "I just ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website that the FBI once called "the most sophisticated and extensive criminal ...

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 ...