Who is Trevor Milton, the startup founder and donor pardoned by Trump

Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted by a New York jury in 2022 for misleading investors about the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s technology, was pardoned Friday by President Trump, according to a White House official.

Milton said Thursday in a post on social platform X that he spoke to Trump over the phone and that he signed his pardon of “innocence.” 

“The prosecutors can no longer hurt me; they can’t destroy my family; they can’t rip everything away from me; they can’t...