Trump Pardons EV Founder Sentenced to Prison

The president says the pardon was ‘highly recommended by many people.’

CEO and founder of Nikola Corp. Trevor Milton attends a news conference to present its new full-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell battery trucks, in Turin, Italy, on Dec. 3, 2019. Massimo Pinca/Reuters

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle (EV) maker Nikola Corp., who was sentenced to a four-year prison term, said he received a pardon from President Donald Trump.

Milton said he was issued “a full and unconditional pardon,” according to a March 28 post on social media platform X.