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dbspin | on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
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haswell | parent | next
What are you suggesting here? That the earlier bitcoin seizure somehow led to this pardon? I’m not following.
dbspin | root | parent
No you're right. I'm sure Trump released him as a deeply principled and selfless act.
haswell | root | parent
I’m not suggesting that. I’m trying to understand what benefit you believe Trump received out of this whole scenario, and specifically how the handling of the bitcoin played a role.
jdhzzz | parent
Well an upper bound anyway. Maybe, "The Art of the Deal" could have gotten it a lot closer to $1.2 B.