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

President Donald Trump said he granted a pardon Tuesday to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online marketplace Silk Road — a campaign promise Trump had made to libertarian voters.

President Donald Trump, fulfilling a promise made at the Libertarian Party's National Convention in May, pardoned Ross Ulbricht today. Ulbricht had been serving a life sentence for his role in ...

President Donald Trump’s obscene and unconscionable blanket pardon of the 1,600 rioters who sought to ... the unconditional release of convicted cybercriminal racketeer Ross Ulbricht. ...

Trump Administration. Why Donald Trump Made a Deal To Free Ross Ulbricht A second chance for the creator of the dark web drug site the Silk Road might be coming…from an unlikely savior.

Ulbricht's sentence is one of hundreds that Donald Trump pledged to pardon upon his return to the White House, with over 1,500 people, including many protestors present at January 6, also ...

On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump kept a campaign pledge to the cryptocurrency industry by granting a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road. The infamous dark web marketplace ...

Donald Trump has renewed his vow to free the jailed Silk Road founder, Ross Ulbricht, who commenced his 12th year in prison on October 1. The 40-year-old communicated via his family on the X ...

The Libertarian Party is urging President Donald Trump to follow through immediately on his campaign promise to commute the life sentence of “Silk Road” website creator Ross Ulbricht on the ...

In January 2025, a claim circulated that U.S. President Donald Trump had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was imprisoned for operating the dark web marketplace Silk Road.. The rumor was true. On Jan ...