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Why would Trump do this?
Oh, here's why:
Almost immediately after his conviction, Ross Ulbricht became a cause célèbre for the libertarian/crypto enthusiast/douchebro set.
Our Law and Order POTUS.
The crypto community wanted to #FreeRoss. The libertarians wanted to #FreeRoss. Elon Musk wanted to #FreeRoss. JD Vance wanted to #FreeRoss. In his failed presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. promised to #FreeRoss. So did Donald Trump. And free him he did—on the second full day of Trump Redux. “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbright to let her know,” POTUS wrote on his propaganda network, Truth Social. “The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me.”
One of those “scum” “lunatics” was Preet Bharara, a frequent Trump foil back in the day. As the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 2013, it was Bharara who’d announced the indictment of Ulbricht in Manhattan federal court.
Giving his corrupt grifting sycophants what they want and at the same time getting revenge on Bharara. That's a win win for Donnie.
