Austin American-Statesman Article RatingTrump announces pardon of online drug marketplace Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
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30% ReliableAverage
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10% Center
- Politician Portrayal
-5% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
56% : " Trump said he granted the full pardon in honor of Ulbricht's mother "and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly."48% : Trump pledged during a speech at the Libertarian National Convention in May 2024 to commute Ulbricht's sentence on the first day of his administration.
40% : The Libertarian Party -- which has generally opposed to criminal drug policies and supported drug legalization -- pushed for his release.
36% : " Hours after taking office, Trump pardoned about 1,500 people for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, including two who were released from a prison in Bastrop on Tuesday.
13% : Trump announced the pardon Tuesday evening on his social media platform Truth Social, calling Ulbricht's sentence "ridiculous.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
