US President Donald Trump has pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted ...

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. The rumor was true.

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 ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of running the dark web ...

People hold up signs reading "Free Ross" as Donald Trump arrives to address the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C, on May 25, 2024. Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online ...

People hold up signs reading "Free Ross" as Donald Trump arrives to address the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C, on May 25, 2024. Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online ...

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online marketplace Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison in 2015. Image: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images ...

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace By Jenna McLaughlin Published January 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM EST Jim Watson ...

Ross Ulbricht, also known as "Dread Pirate Roberts," operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road between 2011 and 2013, when law enforcement shut the site down and arrested him ...