Remember this one random dude you guys used to talk about like 10 years ago? You should vote for me because I’ll free him!
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After 8 yrs of this nonsense, I'm floored anyone still takes what Trump says seriously.
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His word is demonstrably worthless.
Dude was a criminal, rightfully convicted. So of course Trump would pardon him.
He didn't know who he was 30 hours ago - now it's between Ulbricht and Rittenhouse for VP....
Don't forget the corpse of Noem's dead dog. Trump has seen him in the news a lot too.
Did he do something morally wrong? I'm confused by your statement if you're only referring to creation/management of silk road. Heard some accusations about him being involved in murder-for-hire but I didn't think that was ever substantiated
He kinda tried to have an imaginary person taken out...that's what got him.
He facilitated the sale of many dangerous drugs and weapons. You cant run a website without rules and claim ignorance. In the same vein, I think the Purdue family and executives of that company deserve to be in jail for life as well.
It definitely had rules. Purdue pushed drugs on people while misinforming them and doctors, and did kickbacks and all other sorts of corruption. Weapon sales I'm kinda mixed on, probably not the best idea. But absolutely fuck off with that drug war bullshit. If people want to buy drugs and overdose on them they should be free to do so. Drugs aren't dangerous, lack of information is.
Unenforced rules aren't the same. I know there are libertarians that think his incarceration was unjustified but they ignore all the bad things silk road did. And drugs are definitely dangerous. Back then you could get anything, there were listings for black market weapons. Don't try to gaslight me or the rest of Lemmy by trying to make this man a martyr. There are actually innocent people in jail now that need the attention more.
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I would argue that attempting to have someone murdered is morally wrong.
Yeah I'm really just wondering if that actually happened though. I don't see any charges related to that.
Because it never happened. The only charges ever brought on the topic were dismissed with prejudice.
It was just another lie and corrupt thing done like his entire case is littered with.
This doesn't make sense to me. Is someone paying Donald to do this? It's just what he believes libertarians want to hear, he won't do it unless he is being paid for pardons.
There have been multiple articles that you could get a pardon for 2 million USD. That's the previous time he was president.
Yep! That's what I am basing my thoughts on. Donald won't do shit unless there is some sort of short-term profit or ego soothe.
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So.... What happened to commuting his sentence in the first term? Too much golf, I guess
Seems like you like trump and are here to create division. And it looks like you're not an American by your comment "That's cute, Americans talking about privilege while their military industrial complex wages forever wars and their financial imperialism squeezes the entire world."
So I'm going to tag your username with something terrible I'm not going to quote here and block your posts so I don't have to see your divisive bullshit on here anymore.
Reading through the comments it's clear that you're the one bad at this.
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bullshit
Here is a short politico article:
Trump pledges to commute sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if elected [Peder Schaefer | 05/25/2024 | Politico] https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/25/trump-commute-ross-ulbricht-sentence-libertarian-convention-00160025
“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, moments after mentioning his plans to pardon supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“It’s one of the things we wanted from his first term,” said Katherine Yeniscavich, a national committee member of the party.
Ulbricht has been imprisoned since 2013, and some libertarians say his case is an example of government overreach and the need for criminal justice reforms. Ulbricht’s case was one of the top issues that libertarians asked Trump to address before the convention — and it won Trump his biggest applause of the night.
In another olive branch to the third-party, Trump said he would put a Libertarian in his cabinet if elected, and would also place Libertarians in “senior posts” in his administration.
But despite those promises, Trump received sustained boos and jeers from the crowd throughout his speech, suggesting the pledge to pardon Ulbricht may not be enough.
Edit: added info below
The Hill article, short paragraph on Ross:
Trump draws mixed reactions as he urges Libertarians ‘combine with us’ [Julia Mueller | 05/25/24 | The Hill] https://thehill.com/homenews/4686347-trump-draws-mixed-reactions-as-he-urges-libertarians-combine-with-us/
As part of his appeal to the party, Trump also committed to putting a Libertarian in his Cabinet if he wins the Oval Office in 2024 — and to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving life in prison for his role in operating a platform for buying and selling illegal drugs. Chants of “free Ross” had erupted several times throughout the night’s events.
Ross Ulbricht the six fold murder for hire client
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