Roger” Bitcoin Jesus” Ver, a crypto businessman and alleged legal, is asking for a pardon from President Donald Trump, but Elon Musk, a trusted advisor to Tesla and SpaceX, said Ver’s renunciation of U.S. citizen makes that impossible.
Musk, the tech tycoon and close ally of President Trump, as well as noted Dogecoin fan and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE, claimed on X ( formerly Twitter ) Sunday that Ver would not receive pardonation as a result of the action.
Ver, 46, is facing prison time after the government accused him of avoiding paying$ 50 million in income, allegedly through mail fraud, and allegedly submitting false income earnings. He is currently using social media to campaign for President Trump’s assistance.  ,
” Roger Ver gave up his U. S. citizenship”, Musk, the world’s richest man, wrote on X. ” No reprimand for Ver. Participation has its permissions”, he added in response to an X user’s questions.
Roger Ver gave up his US citizen. No reprimand for Ver. Enrollment has its privileges.
— Elon Musk ( @elonmusk ) January 26, 2025
After President Donald Trump kept his campaign promises and released Ross Ulbricht, the subject of clemency, is now hot on the agenda.  ,
For running a black net industry that was primarily used to purchase medications via BTC, Ulbricht was serving two life terms plus 40 times without pardon. Republicans, Bitcoiners, and the wider bitcoin society had lobbied the President to relieve Ulbricht, arguing that his statement was too terrible.
Then Ver, one of the earliest buyers in Bitcoin, is hoping for the same effect from President Trump. He begged the novel commander in chief to clear his expenses in a spectacular video released on Sunday.  ,
Ver did not immediately respond to ‘s concerns. On Monday, he released another clip—lasting 20 minutes—claiming that,” For years, I’ve been terrorized by renegade U. S. government officials who hate National freedom”.
Because he heavily invested in the early cryptosphere’s startups and used to give away the crypto for free when it was practically nothing, he was given the nickname” Bitcoin Jesus.”  ,
However, Ver has since been attempting to increase the penny since switching to promoting the Bitcoin spinoff, Bitcoin Cash. He claims Bitcoin Cash is the “real” Bitcoin, and has rubbed the biggest and oldest cryptocurrency’s society the wrong way with his extreme advertising.
Ver, who served jail time in 2002 for selling bombs on eBay, renounced his U. S. membership in 2014 and became a member of St. Kitts and Nevis.  ,
After U.S. government placed him in jail last month, Feds discovered him in Spain, alleging that he sold Bitcoin in 2017 without disclosing the benefits he had made.
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