Nikola founder Trevor Milton said on Thursday President Trump pardoned him for his 2022 conviction of misleading investors about the electric vehicle maker's technology.

"I just got a call from the president of the United States on my phone and he signed my full and unconditional pardon of innocence, I am free," Milton said in a video posted to X Thursday. "The prosecutors can no longer hurt me, they can't destroy my family, they can't rip everything away from me, they can't ruin my life."

Milton was convicted of securities and wire fraud charges in 2022 for overstating claims about Nikola's production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks. Investors lost hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result.

He was sentenced to four years in prison but had not yet been incarcerated while appealing the case.

A White House official confirmed Milton's pardoning but did not provide further details. No official

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