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A comment on Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted full pardon by Trump.

Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by dralley on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:26PM (#43500806)
He donated $2 million to Republicans including $920,000 to Trump between September and December of 2024, having never previously made any political donations.

https://x.com/kenbensinger/status/1905412782637679041

He was convicted in 2022 on 3 counts of fraud & sentenced to 4 years + $169M in restitution & fines

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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by verdverm on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:58PM (#43501031)
the swamp was drained to make room for a golf course and country club, pay your dues and make the proper social calls and you are part of the clic that can do unto others what others cannot do unto you
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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by bn-l on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:52PM (#43500983)
Does he keep the money now?
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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by ttyprintk on Friday March 28, 2025 @06:37PM (#43510606)
There’s no sure answer nowadays, so set up an alert.
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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by dzhiurgis on Friday March 28, 2025 @05:07AM (#43503134)
How can one make donations while in jail?
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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by rqtwteye on Friday March 28, 2025 @01:12PM (#43507820)
Fraud pays.
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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by wraaath on Saturday March 29, 2025 @03:08PM (#43517745)
And another one in this similar vein: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43510865

Also - Trump nerfed federal enforcement of foreign anti-bribery laws, because, of course.

https://us.transparency.org/news/pause-on-enforcement-of-for...

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Re:Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, granted... by ttyprintk on Friday March 28, 2025 @06:42PM (#43510665)
He was never incarcerated.
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