Trump says he's pardoning Ross Ulbricht because he despises the prosecutors and wants to thank the Libertarian movement that rallied for Ulbricht's freedom for voting for Trump.

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.