Помилованный основатель Silk Road все больше вовлекается в политику США?

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Проведя в тюрьме более 11 лет за свою причастность к даркнет-рынку Silk Road, и выйдя на свободу благодаря президентскому помилованию, Росс Ульбрихт, похоже, не стал терять времени даром и начал появляться на публике.

В сообщении от 4 марта представитель Кентукки Томас Мэсси сказал, что пригласил Ульбрихта посетить совместное заседание Конгресса США, на котором президент Дональд Трамп выступил с речью о политике своей администрации.

Это событие стало одним из первых случаев, когда основатель Silk Road появился на публике с момента его освобождения из тюрьмы в январе после получения президентского помилования от Трампа.


Основатель Silk Road в Капитолии США. Источник: Росс Ульбрихт

После выхода из тюрьмы Ульбрихт регулярно публиковал сообщения в социальных сетях, благодарил Трампа и призывал к помилованию «Биткоин-Иисуса» Роджера Вера, которому предъявлены обвинения в уклонении от уплаты налогов. Некоторые предполагали, что президент может рассмотреть возможность приглашения Ульбрихта на саммит по криптовалютам 7 марта в Белом доме.

Однако на момент публикации он, по-видимому, не был добавлен ни в один официальный список гостей.

Ульбрихт, основавший в 2011 году торговую площадку Silk Road в даркнете, находился под стражей с момента ареста в 2013 году за то, что позволял пользователям покупать и продавать запрещенные вещества, товары и услуги, включая наркотики и оружие.

В 2015 году его приговорили к пожизненному заключению без возможности условно-досрочного освобождения, что побудило некоторых его сторонников подать прошение о президентском помиловании — вероятно, это был один из немногих способов, с помощью которых Ульбрихт мог быть освобожден. Ожидаются ли другие президентские помилования?

Трамп не помиловал и не смягчил приговор Ульбрихта, находясь у власти с 2017 по 2021 год. Однако в отчете New York Times говорилось, что тогдашний кандидат в президенты обещал смягчить приговор основателю Silk Road, чтобы успокоить либертарианских избирателей на выборах 2024 года.

Президент Трамп имеет право помиловать или смягчить приговор любому, кому предъявлены федеральные обвинения. Бывший генеральный директор FTX Сэм Бэнкман-Фрид, приговоренный в 2024 году к 25 годам тюрьмы за свою роль в нецелевом использовании клиентских средств, также, по-видимому, ищет помилования у Трампа. Его адвокаты подали ходатайство об обжаловании его осуждения и приговора.

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