Samourai co-founder claims Biden-era lawfare in calling for Trump pardon

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, announced he would begin a five-year sentence for operating an illegal money transmitter and used the occasion to publicly appeal to former President Donald Trump for a federal pardon for himself and fellow executive William “Bill” Lonergan Hill. Rodriguez claimed his incarceration was due to "lawfare perpetrated by a weaponized Biden DOJ" and blamed "activist judges" for what he views as an "anti innovation, anti american, attack on the rights and liberties of free people." His plea follows Trump's indication that he would "take a look" at the case, having claimed ignorance of the details. Rodriguez's rhetoric mirrors language previously used by Trump allies regarding other controversial legal cases, such as the pardons of Ross Ulbricht and the commutation of David Gentile's sentence, which were framed as ending the "weaponization of justice from the previous administration."

(Source：Cointelegraph)