Gary Johnson Would "Look Seriously At" Pardoning Ross Ulbricht, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning

Gary Johnson Would "Look Seriously At" Pardoning Ross Ulbricht, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning

US presidential candidate Gary Johnson indicated that he might pardon several key whistleblowers and crypto-anarchists. Johnson, the nominee for the Libertarian Party, said he would consider pardoning Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, and would “look seriously at” pardoning NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and Wikileaks collaborator Chelsea Manning. While Johnson is a third-party candidate, who traditionally do not perform well in national elections, this year the situation is very different. He is polling ever closer to 15% which nationally is the requirement to be included in the national....


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