Former United States President Donald Trump vows to free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected.
The former President of the United States Donald Trump has pledged he will grant Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht with a presidential pardon if he is re-elected in November's election.
"If you vote for me on day one I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbircht," Trump stated at the Libertarian Party’s National Convention in Washington on May 25.
"He's already served 11 years, we're going to get him home," he said of the creator of Silk Road — which is known as the first modern darknet market with a payment system built on Bitcoin (BTC).