President Donald Trump carried through on another campaign promise, issuing a presidential pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the underground website Silk Road. But why did he do it?

United States President Donald Trump has decided to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark-web black market Silk Road, who was convicted in 2015.

It was just after midnight when a phone call from an unknown number woke Dorine Núñez Ávila.

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

Donald Trump took a victory lap over the weekend celebrating his January pardon of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road ...

President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to Libertarian supporters on his second day back in office by pardoning the former creator and owner of an underground e-commerce website known ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to ...

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

Former President Donald Trump's recent pardon of Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder, has reignited debates on digital privacy, criminal justice, and internet governance. Discover the case, ...

Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods with bitcoin.