Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon

Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by motorest on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:54AM (#42794813)

> Historically, many anti-drug / anti-cartel leaders are actually members of a rival cartel, and want to use law enforcement to fight their wars for them.

For reference, Rudy Giuliani was lauded as the anti-organized mayor that brought down the Italian mob in New York, but ultimately was flagged as actually being an upper echelon of Russian organized crime who worked to establish it by eliminating competiton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by Maxatar on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:19PM (#42795143)

The Wikipedia article does not flag Giuliani as being a member of Russian organized crime, but someone who Giuliani's law firm represents, an individual by the name of Dmytry Firtash.

Furthermore the timeline for this is over a decade after Giuliani was mayor of New York.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by coldtea on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @06:44PM (#42798798)

What good is common sense and facts when you have a gut dislike?

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by jprete on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:42PM (#42795404)

The link doesn't say that. The phrase you use is a reference in the Wikipedia article to the DOJ's characterization of Dmytry Firtash, "a Ukrainian oligarch who is prominent in the natural gas sector", not Giuliani.

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