This guy has been in prison for 11 years, and he can still tweet. It's incredible, but Trump has said this, and once he becomes president, he should fulfill it! Silk Road founder posted a message to thank Trump for his amnesty promise On May 27, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht posted on social media that he was very grateful for Trump's "amnesty promise". After spending 11 years in prison, it's hard to describe how I felt when I heard the news. BlockBeats previously reported that former US President Donald Trump promised at the Libertarian Party National Convention in Washington, DC that if he was re-elected president, he would commute the sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on the first day. Ulbricht was sentenced to two life sentences plus 40 years in 2015 for creating and operating the Silk Road dark web market, which is actually a life sentence without the possibility of parole.