Silk Road, for those not familiar, was an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and other criminals conducted more than $200 million in illegal drug trade and other unlawful activities. Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison by an American jury. President Trump is claiming to be taking action to stop the flow of narcotics into the United States. Yet these two outrageous pardons show that he is willing to excuse and free the worst narco traffickers in the world. How does this protect Americans from the flow of narcotics entering our country? As someone who knows this region very well, because of my time spent living there and my … (03:04–03:24)
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Asserts that Trump's pardons contradict his claim of stopping narcotics flow into the U.S.
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