President Trump pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who had been convicted of fraud in federal court for what prosecutors said were his lies to investors about his zero-emissions trucks.
特朗普總統赦免了尼古拉創始人特雷弗·米爾頓，他在聯邦法院被判犯有欺詐罪，因為檢察官稱他在零排放卡車上向投資者撒謊。
Milton said in a video posted to social media Thursday that he received a call from Trump, who spoke about "how much of an injustice this all was, done by the same offices that harassed and prosecuted him."
米爾頓在周四發布到社交媒體的視頻中說，他接到了特朗普的電話，他談到 “騷擾和起訴他的同一個辦公室造成了多大的不公正待遇。”
"The greatest comeback story in America is about to happen," added Milton. The White House on Friday confirmed that the pardon had been granted.
米爾頓補充說：“美國最偉大的卷土重來故事即將發生。”白宮周五證實赦免已獲批準。
A federal jury in Manhattan convicted Milton in 2022 of one count of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud. During the trial, prosecutors portrayed Milton as a con man who duped investors, including in podcasts and on social media, about the company's sales and the capabilities of its vehicles. In one instance, prosecutors said, he created a video of what appeared to be a driving truck driving -- by rolling an inoperable prototype down a hill.
曼哈頓聯邦陪審團於2022年裁定米爾頓犯有一項證券欺詐罪和兩項電匯欺詐罪。在審判期間，檢察官將米爾頓描繪成一個騙子，他在播客和社交媒體等渠道上欺騙了投資者，內容涉及公司的銷售和汽車的性能。檢察官說，有一次，他製作了一段視頻，講述了一輛看似正在駕駛的卡車在行駛——將一輛無法運行的原型車滾下山坡。
Milton maintained his innocence and said he had acted in good faith, accusing prosecutors of cherry-picking his public statements to build their case.
米爾頓堅稱自己無罪，並說他是本著誠意行事的，他指責檢察官精心挑選他的公開聲明來證實自己的觀點。
He was sentenced to four years in prison but remained out on bond while he appealed his conviction.
他被判處四年徒刑，但在對定罪提出上訴時仍被保釋。
Brad Bondi, a lawyer for Milton, didn't respond to a request for comment. Brad Bondi is the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
米爾頓的律師布拉德·邦迪沒有回應置評請求。布拉德·邦迪是司法部長帕姆·邦迪的兄弟。
Campaign finance records show that Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to a Trump fundraising committee in October.
競選財務記錄顯示，米爾頓和他的妻子在10月份向特朗普籌款委員會捐贈了超過180萬美元。
Milton, 42 years old, founded Nikola in his basement in 2015. He took it public in 2020 at a valuation of $3.3 billion. He resigned from the company later that year after a short seller report alleged he made misrepresentations about the status of the company's vehicles and the production of hydrogen fuel needed to run them.
現年42歲的米爾頓於2015年在地下室創立了尼古拉。他在2020年將其上市，估值為33億美元。他於當年晚些時候辭去了公司的職務，此前一份賣空報告稱他對該公司車輛的狀況以及運行這些車輛所需的氫燃料的生產作了虛假陳述。
Nikola, whose market value briefly eclipsed that of automaker Ford before the fraud case against Milton, filed for bankruptcy last month, as it struggled with high costs and its efforts to convince the trucking industry to abandon diesel engines.
在針對米爾頓的欺詐案之前，尼古拉的市值短暫超過了汽車製造商福特的市值，上個月申請破產，原因是該公司在高成本方麵苦苦掙紮，努力說服卡車運輸業放棄柴油發動機。
Milton has sold roughly $400 million in stock in Nikola, which delisted its shares from the Nasdaq a few days ago. Two weeks ago, federal prosecutors asked the judge from Milton's criminal case to order him to pay back nearly $661 million to shareholders.
米爾頓已經出售了尼古拉約4億美元的股票，該公司幾天前將其股票從納斯達克退市。兩周前，聯邦檢察官要求米爾頓刑事案件的法官命令他向股東償還近6.61億美元。
Trump has issued a raft of pardons since taking office, and has vowed to crack down on what he has described as the weaponization of the justice system. Trump was twice indicted by the Justice Department after his first term and separately convicted of falsifying records in state court in New York. Both federal cases have been dismissed, and Trump is appealing the state conviction.
特朗普自上任以來已經發布了大量赦免令，並發誓要打擊他所說的司法係統的武器化。特朗普在第一個任期後兩次被司法部起訴，並分別因偽造記錄在紐約州法院被定罪。兩起聯邦案件均已被駁回，特朗普正在對該州的定罪提出上訴。
Earlier this week, Trump pardoned Devon Archer, the former Hunter Biden business partner who gave congressional testimony about their business dealings. Milton, Archer and Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, whom Trump also pardoned, were all prosecuted by the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan. The Justice Department has also asked a judge to drop a bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was charged by the same office.
本周早些時候，特朗普赦免了前亨特·拜登商業夥伴德文·阿徹，他在國會就他們的商業往來作證。米爾頓、阿切爾和絲綢之路創始人羅斯·烏爾布裏希特都被曼哈頓的美國檢察官辦公室起訴，特朗普也赦免了他們。司法部還要求法官撤銷對紐約市市長埃裏克·亞當斯的賄賂案，該案被同一辦公室起訴。
