The 40-year-old man was also accused of having ordered five murders.
“I just called Ross William Ulbricht’s mother to let her know that in her honor and that of the libertarian movement, which has supported me so ardently, I have the pleasure of signing a full and unconditional pardon for her son “, declared the new American president on Truth Social.
Donald Trump had promised to release him during a speech in May to the convention of the Libertarian Party, a fringe movement that advocates individual freedoms and a minimal role for government.
Ulbricht’s case became famous in libertarian circles, who denounced his conviction as an attack on free market principles.
This pardon comes as Donald Trump had made law and order pillars of his electoral campaign, constantly accusing Democrats of being soft on delinquency and crime.
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Trump reverses ban on arresting migrants in schools and churches
Agents responsible for immigration and border control in the United States will once again be authorized to arrest migrants in so-called “sensitive” places, such as places of worship, schools and hospitals. The new administration of President Donald Trump, freshly inaugurated, has reversed the bans in force.
The authorities had no longer been empowered to make arrests in “sensitive” locations since 2011. Subsequently, the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden expanded the legislation, reducing other powers of these authorities.
“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in American schools and churches to avoid arrest,” the State Department said in a communication. “The Trump administration will not tie the hands of our courageous law enforcement officers, but instead trusts them to use common sense.”
A second directive restores the United States’ ability to quickly expel any arrested undocumented person who cannot prove they have been in the country for more than two years.
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Trump deprives Secret Service protection of former close friend who says he is targeted by Iran
Donald Trump on Tuesday called his former National Security Advisor at the White House, during his first term, an “idiot” and deprived him of Secret Service protection for high-ranking officials.
“We are not going to ensure the safety of people for the rest of their lives. What for?,” the American president asked during a press conference about John Bolton.
-“I thought he was a really stupid person but I used it well because at every (international) meeting with John Bolton, people thought he was going to attack them because he’s a warmonger.” , added the tribune.
With his face covered with a thick mustache, this 76-year-old Republican made himself known internationally as ambassador to the UN under the presidency of George W. Bush, during the war in Iraq.
Earlier Tuesday, he himself announced on
He again said on Tuesday that he was the target of an assassination plan instigated by Iran between 2021 and 2022. Tehran would have wanted to avenge the death of its general Qassem Soleimani, killed on January 3, 2020 in a drone strike in Iraq ordered by Donald Trump during his first term (2017-2021).
John Bolton also recalled that justice, under the administration of Joe Biden, had indicted in August 2022 an Iranian on the run, suspected of belonging to the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, and of having sponsored an assassination project by “trying to recruit a hitman to target him”.
Since September, Washington has been offering up to $20 million for any information leading to the arrest of this man, Shahram Poursafi, alias Mehdi Rezayi.
According to John Bolton, then-President Joe Biden had extended his Secret Service protection measure in January 2021, but Donald Trump deprived him of it on Monday and cut off all access to security and intelligence data .
A presidential decree accuses him of having revealed “sensitive information from his time” at the White House, from 2018 to 2019.
“The threat remains, as evidenced by the recent arrest of someone who attempted to organize the assassination of President Trump,” warned Mr. Bolton, referring to rumors of a planned Iranian attack against Mr. Trump.
In September, a 46-year-old Pakistani man, close to Iran and charged with “terrorism” for plotting the assassination of an American official, pleaded not guilty before federal justice. Asif Merchant is accused of seeking to recruit hitmen.
Joe Biden’s Minister of Justice, Merrick Garland, dismissed any link with the assassination attempt against candidate Trump during a meeting in Pennsylvania on July 13.
On January 14 on NBC News, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian again denied any involvement by Iran.
