A petition initiated by freedom advocate Aaron Day, calling for the release and pardon of Roger Ver, has gathered 245 signatures out of a goal of 500. Ver, the founder of Cryptox.trade, is facing extradition to the U.S. on charges of tax evasion. Petition Presses for the Release of Roger Ver as U.S. Pursues Extradition […] Source CryptoX Portal
U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has promised to pardon Ross Ulbricht if elected. Like former U.S. President Donald Trump, Kennedy advocates for Ulbricht’s release. Both candidates vow to stop President Joe Biden’s anti-crypto policies and oppose the creation of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). RFK Jr. Advocates for Ross Ulbricht’s Pardon […] Source CryptoX Portal
According to The Daily Beast, outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump is considering granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht — the founder and operator of the pioneering darknet market, Silk Road. Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and received two life sentences without parole for non-violent offenses in 2015. The anonymous sources relied on in the report claim that the White House counsel’s office has been reviewing documents related to Ulbricht’s case, and that the President has been made aware of the situation. Two sources claim that Trump has privately expressed sympathy for…
With just 44 days before Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States, players in the crypto space are imploring Donald Trump to use his pardoning power for Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. In a recent tweet from Jason Williams, the Morgan Creek Digital Assets co-founder pleaded for Trump to “do the right thing” by pardoning Ulbricht as well as whistleblower Edward Snowden. Peter McCormack of the What Bitcoin Did podcast followed suit a few days later, adding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the list of potential pardons. .@realDonaldTrump‘s…
Joe Exotic, the embattled star of “Tiger King,” is back in the news. This time, it’s because his team has announced that they’re going forward with a bid for a presidential pardon. Haven’t we had enough of horrible people doing horrible things? Joe Exotic wants a pardon — and he’s serious this time. Though he’s hinted, in the past, at wanting a presidential pardon from none other than Donald Trump — and who better than Trump, really, because terrible people tend to stick together — Exotic’s husband Dillon Passage went…
A lawyer for Julian Assange spoke in court on Wednesday, claiming a former Republican congressman offered the WikiLeaks founder a presidential pardon. This clemency was to be in exchange for denying Russian involvement in the 2016 Democratic National Committee email hack. Assange’s lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, declared in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Feb. 19 that former congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California’s 48th district had spoken to his client on behalf of the U.S. President. The congressman offered to arrange a presidential pardon from Trump if he would “play ball” by…
Donald Trump has pardoned 11 convicts, including Rod Blagojevich and Edward DeBartolo Jr. Trump’s latest pardons once again reveal a bias towards celebrity. His preference for celebrities or celebrity-linked convicts seems to imply that ordinary people don’t deserve forgiveness. Donald Trump is a forgiving man – at least if you can persuade a celebrity to beg him to forgive you. As yesterday’s pardons of Rod Blagojevich, Edward DeBartolo Jr., and nine other convicts show, you can get away with anything so long as you have someone famous in your corner.…