In a Truth Social Post Wednesday, the Republican presidential hopeful wrote, I will save Ross Ulbricht," in response to Ulbricht talking about the start of his 12th year in prison.
Former President Donald Trump has doubled down on his pledge to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road, and release him from prison.
Ulbricht is currently serving a double life sentence for his role in creating Silk Road, which operated on the darknet and sold everything from heroin and cocaine to LSD and other illegal drugs. The FBI shut down Silk Road and arrested Ulbricht in 2013.
Trump's pledge to commute Ulbricht's sentence if reelected to the White House was met with enthusiasm by some Libertarian Party members, who have long advocated for Ulbricht's release from prison.
"It's one of the things we wanted from his first term," Katherine Yeniscavich, a national committee member of the Libertarian Party, said during the party's convention in March, according to Politico.
However, Ulbricht's case has also drawn attention from both Democrats and Republicans, with both Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris appearing in an ad together supporting marijuana legalization in Florida.
Ulbricht's sentence has been a topic of discussion for several years, with many people arguing that it is too harsh and that he should be released from prison.
In recent months, Trump has mentioned Ulbricht several times at political events and on social media, and each time, he has promised to commute Ulbricht's sentence if reelected.
"I will save Ross Ulbricht," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday in response to Ulbricht talking about the start of his 12th year in prison.
Ulbricht has been in prison for nearly 12 years now, and his supporters continue to hope that Trump will follow through on his promise to commute his sentence.
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