{"id":2287,"date":"2024-11-07T16:31:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2024-11-07T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:31:56","slug":"donald-trump-could-pardon-ross-ulbricht-january-6-protestors-and-one-other-controversial-figure-polymarket-traders-speculate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=2287","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Could Pardon Ross Ulbricht, January 6 Protestors And One Other Controversial Figure, Polymarket Traders Speculate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Polymarket <\/strong>bettors are giving the highest odds to Jan. 6 protestors and <strong>Ross Ulbricht<\/strong> as likely candidates for a pardon from <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41785767\/bitcoins-future-under-president-elect-donald-trump-a-look-at-his-crypto-policies\">assumes office in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/trump-pardons?tid=1730967250564\">According <\/a>to the prediction market, there is an 85% chance Trump will pardon individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, reflecting Trump&#8217;s vocal support for those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/24\/01\/36523324\/three-years-later-the-jan-6-insurrection-is-still-haunting-us-politics-and-raising-serious-alarms\">prosecuted in connection with the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many January 6 participants have been charged with offenses such as unlawful entry, disorderly conduct, and in some cases, assaulting law enforcement officers. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously characterized the prosecutions as political overreach, signaling possible leniency if he returns to office.<\/p>\n<p>Ulbricht, the founder of the <strong>Silk Road<\/strong> online marketplace, follows closely, with a 77% chance of receiving clemency, according to Polymarket bettors.<\/p>\n<p>Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and subsequently sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2015 for his role in creating and running Silk Road, a darknet platform that facilitated drug transactions, illegal goods sales, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41156448\/trump-vows-to-save-silk-road-creator-ulbricht-now-12-years-into-sentence-for-bitcoin-fuele\">other unlawful activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the nature of the charges, Ulbricht&#8217;s harsh sentence has sparked debate, with many in the crypto community arguing for his release, viewing him as a symbol of excessive punishment in the digital era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Bannon<\/strong>, Trump&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41814454\/donald-trump-could-pardon-ross-ulbricht-january-6-protestors-and-one-other-controversial-f\" alt=\"Donald\" trump could pardon ross ulbricht january protestors and one other controversial figure polymarket traders speculate>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymarket bettors are giving the highest odds to Jan. 6 protestors and Ross Ulbricht as likely candidates for a pardon from Donald Trump when he assumes office in January. According to the prediction market, there is an 85% chance Trump will pardon individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, reflecting Trump&#8217;s vocal support for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-2287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}