Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon

Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by IncreasePosts on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:20PM (#42787528)

Presumably musk pushed for it. Not sure who else in/near the administration would even have him on their radar

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by silisili on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:34PM (#42787667)

Whether or not he was the sole or even primary reason, he knew about it beforehand as seen by his tweet last night saying it was coming soon. Love him or hate him, it's a bit concerning that he has that level of access IMO.

The tweet:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881524296386031892

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by tomhoward on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:25PM (#42787575)

It’s been a campaign of Mike Cernovich’s for a long time.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by arrowsmith on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:34PM (#42787673)

And Trump cares what Mike Cernovich thinks because.... ?

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by mplewis on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:46PM (#42787780)

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by Havoc on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:22PM (#42787556)

Musk is definitely a fan recreationally chemistry

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by xigency on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:40PM (#42787725)

The clips of him rolling his eyes and head around in boredom at the inauguration definitely looked like he was suffering from some kind of withdrawal symptoms.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by freddi333 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:26PM (#42787585)

Trump promised it when he attended the libertarian convention

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