Conservative Mormon entrepreneur Trevor Milton, founder of failed EV truck company Nikola, who had been sentenced to four years in the joint for two counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud for lying to investors about the technology and how many preorders had been placed for the trucks, and on the hook for $695 million in court-ordered restitution to shareholders and a backer, is now free of such burdens after receiving a pardon as a return on investment to convicted felon President Trump’s 2024 campaign, CNBC reports on more third-world bullshit.
“Oh my gosh, oh, you won’t believe what just happened,” Milton, who sent $920,000 to the “Trump 47 Committee,” said in an Instagram video posted Thursday. “Probably the best day I’ve had in five years. I just got a call from the president of the United States, on my phone, and he signed my full and unconditional pardon of innocence… I am free. The prosecutors can no longer hurt me. They can’t destroy my family, they can’t rip everything away from me, they can’t ruin my life.” There was some doubt initially over whether Milton was pardoned, but the White House confirmed it to CNBC.
Nikola was once a “unicorn” in the space despite being stuck taking famed inventor Nikola Tesla’s first name since his last name was already taken, lol. They’re the second American electric truck company born in the era of the Orange God Emperor’s “manufacturing is back” bullshit in his first term to turn out to be built on a foundation of lies after the Lordstown Motors failure.