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Trump pardons Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesOn Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution …

Trump’s Pardons Will Encourage More Political Violence To open his term with such an act of contempt toward the legal system is audacious, even for Mr. Trump.