Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardon
apnews.com
The founder of an electric car start-up sentenced to prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, potentially wiping out hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution that prosecutors were seeking for bamboozled investors.
  • HiroProtagonist@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If the numbers I saw were correct he donated $1.8 million to Trump but hundreds of millions of investors money disappeared. I’m not sure “clever” is the word I’d use but yeah.