According to Polymarket predictions on November 7, the probability of pardoning the protesters on January 6 is 86%, and the probability of pardoning Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht is 78%. Trump believes that the protesters were patriots framed by the “dual justice system” and that the charges against them are the same as those he faced.
He described the events as a “day of love” and claimed his supporters were simply responding to a “rigged” election. During the campaign, Trump promised that if re-elected, he would commute Ulbricht’s sentence to time served and pardon the Jan. 6 defendants, calling the moves part of his fight against government overreach and in support of individual freedom.
