Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
In March 2025, Trump pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton, canceling his prison sentence and $1M fine and halting efforts to recover up to $661M for defrauded investors. Milton had donated about $1.8M to Trump-aligned groups.
The pardon landed two weeks after prosecutors asked a judge to order hundreds of millions in restitution to defrauded shareholders — which the pardon now makes impossible. Milton's Instagram video from behind the wheel when the call came...
Milton and his wife gave $920,000 to a Trump committee weeks before the election and $750,000 to an RFK-aligned group — and his defense lawyer was the attorney general's brother. The truck that was actually rolled down a hill...
The Milton pardon sits inside a larger pattern: clemency that erases not just prison time but restitution owed to real victims. How much victim repayment has vanished across the pardon list...