Trump Announces He Will Commute Sentence Of ‘Silk Road’ Founder If Elected President

Former President Donald Trump vowed to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the “Silk Road” website, during a Saturday speech.

Ulbricht was sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in prison for creating the site that was used for a wide variety of illegal transactions, including the sale of narcotics, hacking services and false IDs, according to a 2015 Justice Department press release. Trump announced his intention to commute Ulbricht’s sentence during the address to the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C.

“If you vote for me, on day one I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht who will have a sentence of time served,” Trump told the attendees, who broke out into applause after booing the former President on some occasions during the speech. “He‘s already served 11 years. We are going to get him home. We are going to get him home.”

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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky said in a June 2022 post on X he had requested Trump commute Ulbricht’s sentence.

During the speech, Trump also vowed to protect holders of digital currency, vowing, “I will keep Elizabeth Warren and her goons away from your bitcoin.”