Ross Ulbricht—who was serving a life sentence over a conviction for running a dark web illicit drug market before being pardoned by President Donald Trump—says more clemency is needed, arguing that more than half of the inmates he met while incarcerated “have no business being in those cages for decades.”
At the same time, Trump is facing criticism from Democratic lawmakers over his various pardons, and they’re notably scrutinizing Ulbricht’s drug-related clemency in particular despite the party’s history of generally advocating for drug policy reform.
During a speech at a FreedomFest event last week, Ulbricht thanked supporters and the president for helping facilitate his release, getting tearful as he recounted the anxiety he felt after his potential clemency was first rumored and feeling his fate depended on an uncertain election outcome.
Despite that gratitude, however, he said he feels more needs to be done.
“I know the men that are in there. I can safely say—I was in there for over 11 years, I met lots and lots of people—and I can safely say that the majority of, more than half easily, at least, have no business being in those cages for decades. Those cages that dot our country like
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