President Trump reportedly issued a pardon to Nikola founder Trevor Milton on Thursday.
Trump pardoned Milton for his 2022 conviction of misleading investors about the electric vehicle maker’s technology.
“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,” Milton said in a video posted to X Thursday. “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.”
Watch:
Milton celebrated the pardon on Thursday, writing it “is not just about me,” but “every American who has been railroaded by the government.”
“Unfortunately, that’s a lot of people,” he said. “It is no wonder why trust and confidence in the Justice Department has eroded to nothing… I saw firsthand the tactics they use to guarantee convictions.”
Trump “cared enough to call me personally to tell me how much of an injustice this all was done by the same offices that harassed and prosecuted him,” Milton said, referring to the numerous criminal cases against the president.
Milton was convicted of securities and wire fraud charges in 2022 for overstating claims about Nikola’s production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks. Investors lost hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result.
He was sentenced to four years in prison.
A White House official confirmed Milton’s pardoning but did not provide further details. No official pardon notice was posted to the Justice Department or White House websites as of Friday morning.
READ NEXT: Biden’s IRA vs. Trump’s ROI: Why Private Capital Beats Public Spending
