Exclusive | Trump expected to commute Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence

President Trump is expected to issue a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark web site Silk Road, The Post has learned.

A source close to the White House said at midday Tuesday that the Ulbricht pardon was “incoming.”

Brandon Sample, Ulbricht’s clemency lawyer, told The Post in an email Tuesday: “We do expect President Trump to grant clemency.”

In response to a follow-up asking when he expected the order to come through, Sample responded: “The president, when a candidate, said that he would release Ross on his first day in office. We have no doubt the president will follow through on his commitment to release Ross. Ross, his family, and all his supporters are forever grateful to President Trump for his willingness to show mercy to Ross.”

Trump, 78, had vowed in May to reduce Ulbricht’s life sentence on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering “down to time served” if he won the 2024 election.

Ulbricht was arrested in October 2013 in San Francisco and accused of running the notorious website — which sold drugs and other illegal products while accepting bitcoin as payment — under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.”

Now 40, Ulbricht was convicted in February 2015 on charges including drug trafficking and conspiracies to commit money laundering and computer hacking. He was sentenced that May to two life terms in prison, plus 40 years.

Ulbricht has unsuccessfully appealed his conviction and sentence up to the Supreme Court, leaving him to serve out his time at a maximum security prison in Arizona.

Trump’s campaign vow pleased many Libertarians, who champion Ulbricht as a pioneer of free markets and held up “Free Ross” signs as Trump spoke at their national convention.

The White House did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Post.

This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates.