Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other products.

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of online drug market Silk Road. Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and ...

Ross Ulbricht—who was serving a life sentence over a conviction for running a dark web illicit drug market before being pardoned by President Donald Trump—says more clemency is needed, arguing that ...

Donald Trump took a victory lap over the weekend celebrating his January pardon of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road dark web drug marketplace, who had been serving a double life sentence in ...

The pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht by US President Donald Trump marks a historic event for crypto, but its impact ...

Crypto crime lord Ross Ulbricht gets a pardon—but his fortune is gone after the U.S. auctioned off his Bitcoins in 2014 for ...

The same basic logic applied in escalating Ulbricht’s commutation into a sweeping pardon—and in both instances, Trump is following the credo he laid down himself on January 6, as his aides ...

President Trump’s pardons and clemencies allowed recipients to get out of paying more than $1.3 billion in restitution and fines, according to a review of court records by Democrats on the House ...

House Democrats released a report during the week of June 16 that found President DonaldTrump's 1,600 pardons are set to cost crime victims and the government $1.3 billion in fines and restitution.

Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Dark Web Marketplace. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking, computer hacking, and money laundering. By Charisma Madarang.