He added, “In the beginning of the year, [Ulbricht’s] family had reached out to us for our support, and my organization and I have endorsed his full commutation, and I am hopeful that President Trump will commute his sentence in its entirety. This case has perhaps more support than I’ve seen in any case of this kind.”
Ulbricht had been previously caught by federal authorities after making a series of minute mistakes which created a paper trail. Although he operated under an alias known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, authorities were eventually able to piece together Ulbricht’s identity.
In court, prosecutors claimed that Ulbricht intended to have five other Silk Road members killed after being blackmailed over the release of his true identity – no murders took place, however.
Many critics of the justice system have said that Ulbricht’s sentence was considerably harsher than others who also participated in the Silk Road.
This could be one of President Trump’s biggest pardon’s yet as both sides of the debate remain confident that they are on the right side of history.
