Robert Kennedy Jr. promised to free Julian Assange and Ross Ulbricht from prison – Bits Media

US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Robert Kennedy Jr. promised to exempt from prison the creator of Wikileaks Julian Assange and founder of the Silk Road Darknnete Ross Ulbricht in case of winning the election.

In an interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Robert Kennedy Jr. (Robert Kennedy Jr.) stated, what if he is elected as the president of the United States, then on the first day of his stay in this position, he will deal with the revision of Julian Assange's affairs (Julian Assange) and Ross Ulbrichta (Ross Ulbricht), to achieve a fair sentence for them.

The creator of Wikileaks is accused of espionage and illegal disclosure of confidential information to the detriment of the United States. For all the time of its existence, Wikileaks received more $46 million in BTC. As for the founder of Silk Road Ross Ulbricht, He is already even 10 years in prison, Leaving a double life -long period for the creation and use of the "shadow platform", through which prohibited goods and services for bitcoins were bought. Silk Road platform was created in 2011 year, and in 2013 year it was closed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States (FBI).

Kennedy Jr. also mentioned the former CIA employee Edward Snowden (Edward Snowden), which has also been persecuted by the US government for the disclosure of secret information for many years.

«Yes, I will have mercy on Julian Assange on the first day and, perhaps, Snowden too. I will consider other things. Reveal, Was Ross Ulbricht convicted by fairness, or on his example they want to show, how can you suppress bitcoin and cryptocurrency industry ", - the politician promised.

Kennedy Jr. called Bitcoin independent and free currency, which the government cannot control. Presidential candidate, that he is very worried about government attacks on bitcoin, Therefore, his plans include launching treasury bills, secured with solid assets: platinum, gold, silver and bitcoin. This will increase the stability of the dollar and weaken state control, Kennedy Jr. is sure. He made it clear, that opens against digital currencies of central banks, By calling CBDC the instruments of power and control over the lives of people.

“I will take care of, to protect bitcoin, so that people have cryptocurrency wallets. The current war of the White House with Bitcoin will end. Bitcoin should be considered currency, not by goods ", -concluded Kennedy Jr..

In June, within the framework of the election campaign, The politician promised the Americans to defend their right to freely own Bitcoin. Later, Kennedy Jr. told, what I bought 14 BTC for their children.