Nikola’s Trevor Milton says he has been pardoned by Donald Trump

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The founder of the electricity trucker Nikola, who was found guilty of lying in 2022, and sent to prison, said he was pardoned by US President Donald Trump.

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In December 2023, Milton was sentenced to four years in prison and misleading investors about the readiness of Nikola to promote the price of its share.

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He pardoned forgiveness details on the website of the US Justice Department, nor on the social platform of his truth by Trump. Brad Bondi, Milton’s lawyer and US Prosecutor General Pam Bond, could not immediately comment.

Nichola once was valued for almost $ 30 billion, but that Found chapter 11 for protection of bankruptcy February after its cash balance fell $ 47 million.

The company won a special purpose company Boom when income not income and sometimes the products mentioned in public markets are not interested in huge retail investors.

Its rally has quickly led to a short seller of Hunters, who published a report in September 2020, calling it to call it a “complicated fraud.”

In 2023, during the five-year trial, Milton’s lawyers claimed that he should not go to prison, saying that he was “seeing the world differently.” They also asked the judge to “confront any temptation” compared to his actions by the founder of the thorns Elizabeth Holmes, who were convicted of fraud and serve 11-year-old prison.

During the trial, the prosecutors called Milton “a conman” who used his interests Nicolas Buy property in the Caribbean and private plane.

On Thursday, a press conference spread by Trim Milton media highlighted the “shocking similarities” of the Foundation against Nicolas and Trump, which was found guilty of the silence of Porn.

It is said to be Millon would have now affected the documentary called about his life Condemn or conspiracy. Trevor Milton Saga, That “invites the audience to review the most controversial stories in the history of modern business.”

The victory has since becoming president Ross Ulbricht received forgivenessThe one who was convicted in 2015 was sentenced to life in prison, an online market for illegal drug and online hacking. On the first day of the office, Trump also signed an executive order to forgive about 1,500 people accused of attacking US Capitol on January 6, 2010.