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Trump pledges to commute sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if elected
- __blockcipher__ 2y agoI’ll believe it when I see it. A man can dream though.
- dave4420 2y agoWhy? The guy tried to hire a hitman.
- Devasta 2y agoBecause he was a coder working on his startup with no concern for the massive amounts of harm he was causing and many of the denizens of HN can relate to that.
- sitkack 2y agoRoss could hustle, and single handedly built a unicorn. He just needs to improve his regulatory exposure profile.
- mc32 2y agoAgreed. You can forgive some of his other less than upstanding activities but the dude hired a hitman. I hope that’s a bridge too far for everybody.
- jjeaff 2y agoI mostly agree, but I would like to see the full context of the hitman stuff. My understanding is that it was a law enforcement plant that encouraged him to hire a hitman and then referred him to one, which was of course also a plant. Still bad, but also seems a bit like entrapment.
- desolved 2y agoHe has spent 10 years in federal prison. He was never convicted of any murder for hire scheme.
- negidius 2y agoNo he didn't. There is literally no evidence he ever tried to hire a hitman or hurt anyone in any way.
- mac3n 2y agowhat do you think a Trump pledge is worth?
- hollerith 2y agoI'd rather he pardon Snowden.
- childofzombie 2y agoIf Trump has learned something about government overreach, why doesn't he make an offer to fix the problems whistleblowers exposed and stop prosecuting them? But fixing actual overreach would fall short of pardoning actual criminals which is what he needs normalized.
- ta20240226 2y ago> “And if you vote for me, on Day One, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht,” the former president said, generating cheers from the audience, From the reporting, it seems he was loudly booed throughout his speech. I doubt Ulbricht is getting pardoned.
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