At Milton’s trial, prosecutors say a company video of a prototype truck appearing to be driven down a desert highway was actually a video of a nonfunctioning Nikola that had been rolled down a hill.

President Trump’s intervention came while Mr. Milton was appealing his conviction on securities and wire fraud charges.

Trevor Milton, the founder of bankrupt electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola who was convicted of fraud, said in a social media post that he has been pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Prosecutors said Milton falsely claimed to have built Nikola’s own revolutionary truck that was actually ... and they went after him." The other side: The pardon of Milton, who could wipe ...

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon Thursday to Trevor Milton, founder of hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola Corp., clearing the charismatic start-up ...