Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs.

[THE_DEVIL]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...r&cvid=8ad36ac384bc4cc3810ee2994db36fa0&ei=43

Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that he had spoken to Ulbricht's mother on his first full day in office.

“It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote. “The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me.”

Trump called Ulbricht's prison sentence “ridiculous.”

 

[Moral]

Maybe Diddy is still in play.

 

[mnole03]

Disgusting.

 

[Chishawk1425]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...r&cvid=8ad36ac384bc4cc3810ee2994db36fa0&ei=43

Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that he had spoken to Ulbricht's mother on his first full day in office.

“It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote. “The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me.”

Trump called Ulbricht's prison sentence “ridiculous.”

Adderall man

 

[seminole97]

Thanks Dread Pirate Roberts, for getting me into bitcoin as early as you did.

 

[tumorboy]

Disgusting.

Silk Road offered opioids. Fentanyl?

 

[noleclone2]

Back the Blue!

 

[mnole03]

Silk Road offered opioids. Fentanyl?

They offered everything. Ulbricht knew exactly what was happening. Part of the reason his sentence was so severe was because he solicited multiple murders.

 

[tumorboy]

They offered everything. Ulbricht knew exactly what was happening. Part of the reason his sentence was so severe was because he solicited the murder of five people.

Pornography as well. Guessing some child and torture pornography got in there. If solicited murders weren’t a no go. Can’t see him saying no to banned porn.

 

[ISUBryce]

They offered everything. Ulbricht knew exactly what was happening. Part of the reason his sentence was so severe was because he solicited multiple murders.

Yeah didn’t he try to pay a guy in bitcoin to kill somebody? I mean my gosh this is absurd.

 

[mnole03]

Yeah didn’t he try to pay a guy in bitcoin to kill somebody? I mean my gosh this is absurd.

Five somebodies.

 

[pjhawk]

Wonder how much this pardon cost? How much of an investment in the Meme coins?

 

[Hammerhead02]

This case was brought forth by the Southern District of New York.

 

[tumorboy]

Yeah didn’t he try to pay a guy in bitcoin to kill somebody? I mean my gosh this is absurd.

Also a big deal was made about all of the fentanyl coming across our borders killing people. This guy’s website was linked to at least 6 deaths.
The narcotics distributed on Silk Road have been linked to at least six overdose deaths across the world. These overdose deaths include: Jordan M., a 27-year-old Microsoft employee who was found unresponsive in front of his computer, which was logged onto Silk Road at the time, and died as a result of heroin and other prescription drugs that he had ordered from Silk Road; and Preston B., from Perth, Australia, and Alejandro N., from Camino, California, both 16-years-old, died as a result of taking 25i-NBOMe, a powerful synthetic drug designed to mimic LSD (commonly referred to as “N-Bomb”), which was purchased from Silk Road. Additional victims include: Bryan B., a 25-year-old from Boston, Massachusetts and Scott W., a 36-year-old from Australia, who both died as a result of heroin purchased from Silk Road; and Jacob B., a 22-year-old from Australia, who died from health complications that were aggravated by the use of drugs purchased from Silk Road.

 

[mnole03]

This case was brought forth by the Southern District of New York.

He must be innocent.

 

[pjhawk]

I mean this pardon is about as obvious a case of probable just flat-out bribery yet. The depravity and the degeneracy of Trump 2 is just so over-the-top. Where are you democrats?

 

[BelemNole]

Something something liberal tears!

 

[Moral]

Something something liberal tears!

 

[Scott559]

Can we go ahead and remove Presidential pardon powers,More and more they are getting abused vs being used. Just so no feelings are hurt this is in reference to both sides.

 

[Moral]

This has to be the worst ever presidential pardon.

 

[tumorboy]

This has to be the worst ever presidential pardon.

Seth Rich was up there.

 

[libbity bibbity]

This has to be the worst ever presidential pardon.

The pardon that Biden gave a guy who murdered 2 FBI agents was a great one, wasn't it?

 

[Moral]

The pardon that Biden gave a guy who murdered 2 FBI agents was a great one, wasn't it?

I would say this one is worse by a good deal AINEC.

 

[tumorboy]

The pardon that Biden gave a guy who murdered 2 FBI agents was a great one, wasn't it?

Good for Biden. Him and Trump have a good competition going on.

 

[Hawky4361]

I see you assholes want Walgreens management to go to jail for life, too....ever heard of personal responsibility??

 

[tumorboy]

I see you assholes want Walgreens management to go to jail for life, too....ever heard of personal responsibility??

Did Walgreens help facilitate hitmen? Running a black market drug ring has always been frowned on. The drugs that killed people this guy helped facilitate were also delivered to minors.
The guy earned his life sentence.

 

[Moral]

Did Walgreens help facilitate hitmen? Running a black market drug ring has always been frowned on. The drugs that killed people this guy helped facilitate were also delivered to minors. Also the porn delivered of what variety and to whom?
The guy earned his life sentence.

Reading the wiki looks like there was child pornography sold from there too. This is a big loss today for the pizzagate believers.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

What was the justification for the pardon?
Not like he’d served a bunch of time or there were questions about his conviction.

 

[tumorboy]

Reading the wiki looks like there was child pornography sold from there too. This is a big loss today for the pizzagate believers.

If hiring hitmen wasn’t a bridge too far. There is no way child pornography would be a no go.

 

[tumorboy]

What was the justification for the pardon?
Not like he’d served a bunch of time or there were questions about his conviction.

Trump said it was brought by the same government deep staters that prosecuted him. That’s his justification. I’d assume that and a large deposit in Meme coins.

 

[Slappy Pappy]

What was the justification for the pardon?
Not like he’d served a bunch of time or there were questions about his conviction.

The guy is insanely rich on bitcoin and crypto, and the Supreme Court has explicitly ruled that it is perfectly legal for the President to sell pardons. Expect a lot of these over the next 4 years.

 

[tumorboy]

The guy is insanely rich on bitcoin and crypto, and the Supreme Court has explicitly ruled that it is perfectly legal for the President to sell pardons. Expect a lot of these over the next 4 years.

 

[mnole03]

If hiring hitmen wasn’t a bridge too far. There is no way child pornography would be a no go.

Well the first hitman he tried to hire was for a valid business reason. He believed one of his employees had stolen money and that there would be reputational fallout with high level drug traffickers. Got to keep the plugs happy.

 

[tumorboy]

Well the first hitman he tried to hire was for a valid business reason. He believed one of his employees had stolen money and that there would be a reputational hit with high level drug traffickers.

Definitely tax deductible.

 

[lucas80]

Pornography as well. Guessing some child and torture pornography got in there. If solicited murders weren’t a no go. Can’t see him saying no to banned porn.

Yep. Deep into child pornography.
But, it’s a cult, so nobody in the GOP will dare to say anything. They instead twist themselves into being the real victims.

 

[lucas80]

The guy is insanely rich on bitcoin and crypto, and the Supreme Court has explicitly ruled that it is perfectly legal for the President to sell pardons. Expect a lot of these over the next 4 years.

He’S FiTInG 4 ME!!!

 

[Moral]

Yep. Deep into child pornography.
But, it’s a cult, so nobody in the GOP will dare to say anything. They instead twist themselves into being the real victims.

It is essentially the same as the FLDS and Warren molesting tons of children, and they still consider him the prophet. 100% a cult.

 

[seminole97]

I would say this one is worse by a good deal AINEC.

There is a lot of disinfo in this thread.

https://www.rollingstone.com/cultur...t-undeserved-life-sentence-prison-1235013443/

I was one of those community members, having joined the site early on to research the rise of Bitcoin. I immediately discovered that while inarguably a criminal operation, there was much more to Silk Road than its portrayal in the media. It was certainly a market for drugs, among other mundane and perfectly legal things, but contrary to erroneous news reports, it did not sell hitmen services, child porn, or guns. And while hyperbole made for eye-grabbing press reports, Silk Road was not a “vast global cartel” but a sparsely populated platform on a small, impenetrable corner of the internet. For many of its users, Silk Road was a vibrant and diverse community of people from around the world. They were not only there for drugs but for the freedom of an encrypted and anonymous space, to convene and discuss everything from politics to literature and art, philosophy and drugs, drug recovery, and the onerous War on Drugs. DPR was only one of the prominent voices in the active Silk Road forums.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/silk-road-2-founder-sentenced-233034615.html

Silk Road 2 and Silk Road Reloaded launched shortly after Ross Ulbricht was arrested and the Silk Road, the first and largest darknet marketplace, was taken down. The drama that would unfold surrounding the case of Ulbricht would overshadow the existence of flourishing alternative markets, many of which did not have the same scruples as the Silk Road. For example, on the Silk Road, it was against the rules to traffic in child pornography. Silk Road 2 did not have such a law

 

[Scruddy]

The left is not concerned about biden pardoning his entire crime family (10% for the big guy) but is crying here lol

 

[seminole97]