Silk Road founder facing end of White House pardon hopes

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The potential pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has divided members of the White House, with some blaming the intransigence of the White House Counsel’s office from freeing a man who has become somewhat of a folk hero to many on the Right and in Silicon Valley.

Ulbricht, who was convicted in 2015 for a litany of charges including computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic narcotics, and money laundering, has been serving a double life sentence without parole at a federal prison in Arizona.

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