Trump Fulfills Campaign Promise, Pardons Ross Ulbricht

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Trump for following through on your promise.
75% : "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," Trump wrote.
64% : In a post on Truth Social, Trump revealed that he had called Ulbricht's mother and informed her "that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement," he had just signed a pardon of her son.
44% : In response to Trump's pardon of Ulbricht, Angela McArdle, the Libertarian National Committee Chair, issued a statement congratulating Ulbricht and his family on his pardon and thanking Trump "for following through" on his promise.
36% : Ridiculous!" After being convicted in February 2015 on drug trafficking charges and "conspiracies to commit money laundering and computer hacking," Ulbricht was sentenced in May of that year to "two life terms in prison, plus 40 years," according to the New York Post.
27% : In May 2024, while speaking at the Libertarian Party's National Convention, Trump vowed to "commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht to a sentence of time served" on day one.

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