Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.

Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know that he had granted a full and unconditional pardon to her son.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence after being convicted of running an underground online marketplace that was used by thousands of drug dealers and others to conduct over $200 million worth of illicit sales using bitcoin.

President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, which the president promised to do on day one.

Donald Trump has officially announced that he would be pardoning Silk Road founder – Ross Ulbricht. In an announcement made on Truth Social, President Trump said, “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbright to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement,

In addition to many other things he has promised to do on his first day in office, Donald Trump has said he will free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, despite his promise on the campaign trail to commute his sentence on "day one."

President Trump is expected to issue a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark web site Silk Road, The Post has learned. A source close to the White House told The Post that the Ulbricht pardon should be “incoming” soon.