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'Amazing blessing' Emotional Silk Road founder says Trump is a ‘man of his word’ in first remarks since pardon
“Last night, Donald Trump granted me a full pardon. I was doing life without parole and I was locked up for more than 11 years. But he let me out. I’m a free man now. So let it be known that Donald Trump is a man of his word,” Ulbricht said in a…
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