donald trump he promised, in exchange for the support of the marginal Libertarian Partywho if elected president will free an American sentenced to life in prison for running a website that sold millions of dollars in drugs.
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“If you vote for me, on the first day I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht“Trump said, drawing applause from the crowd.
He also said he would appoint a libertarian to his government. In 2015, Ross Ulbricht, creator of the website Silk Roadonce considered the largest online drug sales site in the world, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
He had sold drugs worth $200 million to users around the world. Your black market site Dark Websometimes nicknamed the “Ebay of drugs”, made it possible to purchase heroin, cocaine, LSD and other illegal products or false documents using the virtual currency bitcoin, guaranteeing the anonymity of its tens of thousands of buyers around the world.
Libertarian circles took up his cause and denounced his conviction as an excess of government power and an attack on free market principles. Trump has already promised, on the other hand, that he will support the death penalty for drug traffickers.
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Trump aspires to win this year’s presidential election.
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“The Libertarian Party should nominate Trump as a candidate for president of the United States,” the magnate himself said to applause and boos. “Only if they want to win but maybe don’t want to win,” he added.
The Libertarian Party routinely fields very marginal candidates in elections who advocate the idea of minimal government, the legalization of marijuana or even the abolition of the federal tax collection agency.
On Thursday, Trump held a rare meeting in the Bronx, a poor district of NY, where he hopes to attract Hispanic and African American voters who have shown signs of doubt in their support for Joe Biden.
AFP
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