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Trump Pardons Nikola Founder Trevor Milton: 'He Did Nothing Wrong'

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23 pointsTheAlchemist12 comments

"WIlliams’ office in Manhattan had alleged that Milton lied about “nearly all aspects of the business” he founded in 2014 during his time leading the company. Those lies, prosecutors said, were intended to induce investors to bid up the price of Nikola’s stock."

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/14/nikola-nkla-founder-trevor-m...

He just wasn’t as good at it as Elon…

Discussion (52 points, 17 hours ago, 17 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43500788

Related Nikola founder to be sentenced for federal fraud charges (204 points, 1 year ago, 182 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38685607

The issue here, is that those post get flagged and not show on the first page - if it wasn't the case, there would be hundreds of comments on the thread you linked.

If you donate to trump, you can no longer be federally prosecuted.

And if he sues you no lawyer will take your case...

"Trump says Skadden, Arps law firm will provide $100 million in pro bono legal services, avoiding executive order" - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-skadden-law-firm-execu...

"Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm's decision to give in to Trump's demands" - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/legal-...

Guess which country will be at the bottom of Wikipedia's Corruption Perceptions Index next year....

I suggest you all watch this. You will rarely see something more corrupt, straight on TV.

More corrupt than this?

"Trump gets $100M deal with Skadden law firm amid pressure campaign" - https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5220137-trump-sk...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-e...

Wow, you may be write. It's a big day today. Money is rolling in.

Well, there was that time that Obama wore a tan suit.

"They say the thing he did wrong was he was one of the first people that supported a gentleman named Donald Trump for president." - Donald Trump

One could make a plausible attempt to justify this pardon under the premise that exaggerating claims to investors is just puffery. But by Trump's own words, he's not even bothering. This is purely about political favors.

Hmm thought you were paraphrasing but he literally said it. He’s pardoning him because he paid lol. America is really no longer a western country.

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