Promises made, promises kept. DJT announced Ulbricht's pardon during the election campaign and implemented it during his first days in office.

Ulbricht was given two life sentences + 40 years because he founded the platform. According to this, every club and disco owner would have to go to prison. Drugs are traded everywhere.

Ulbricht was made an example of at the time as a warning to anyone who, as a platform operator, does not store user data and/or does not hand it over to investigating authorities.