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4/ we already know that trump thinks nothing of abusing presidential powers in exchange for cash because he just pardoned a bunch of his donors (e.g. Nikola Motors scammer Trevor Milton) and dropped charges against all his new crypto biz partners (e.g. Justin Sun, a16z).

enriching his supporters w/insider trading opportunities is the same kind of mafia style "repayment"

perhaps trump’s donors were so loud in his ear complaining about all the money they just lost that trump decided to shut them up w/an opportunity to profit on history's largest (not an exaggeration!) insider trading opportunity.

or consider a scenario where #TeslaTakedown has put #ElonMusk financially on the ropes and badly in need of cash. does trump strike you as someone who wouldn't help a fellow grifter out if doing so only cost him some well timed tweets & market chaos?

[The Philadelphia Inquirer]: Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America. By Will Bunch.

Trump's pardons for big donors, political allies and even swindlers of the Sioux people have shattered any notion of justice.

inquirer.com/opinion/commentar

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in AmericaBy Will Bunch

#Trump said he doesn’t know #TrevorMilton but was told that the way Milton was treated by the justice system was “very unfair.”

“And they say the thing that he did wrong was he was one of the first people that supported a gentleman named Donald Trump for president,” Trump said. 🤮🤮🤮

Trump also said he acted after receiving some “fantastic recommendations”about Milton.[💰]

#law #pardons #felon47 #fraud #Nikola #kleptocracy #broligarchy
apnews.com/article/nikola-trev

Trevor Milton, left, leaves the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
AP News · Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardonBy Matt Ott

the #TrevorMilton (#Nikola Motor fraudster) pardon is not going over well with the #MAGA crypto bros, many of whom were scammed by... Trevor Milton (which should be unsurprising - these are gullible people who love trading meme stocks, AKA “the primary market for #NKLA shares”).

Tesla bros are also pissed, because Milton's whole scam was basically pretending to be Elon Musk for trucks.

"[Trevor Milton] did nothing wrong and he's a good person." - Donald Trump

"Trevor Milton donated $1.8 million to Trump and his lawyer is #PamBondi's brother." - me

video: x.com/AutismCapital/status/190

The fraudster behind Nikola Motors (the fake electric truck company that made the famous video purporting to be their flagship tractor trailer moving under electric power that turned out to be just an empty truck chassis rolling down a hill) has been pardoned by Donald Trump.

[edit] The famous "gravity powered truck" video: youtube.com/watch?v=yBCxCcICgt

[edit] Trevor Milton just posted a video thanking #DonaldTrump for the pardon and blasting the #SEC and #DOJ: x.com/nikolatrevor/status/1905

#NIKOLA#NKLAQ#NKLA
Trevor Milton deserved every bit of his prison sentence as did huckster Elizabeth Holmes. Yet the exaggerations and invented claims that Milton made were on the order of but not even as egregious as the ones Musk was making at the time, had been making for years before, and continues to make. In Musk's case it didn't just defraud investors but also government subsidies programs (the infamous battery exchange invented demo). So when is Musk going to get the same treatment? #ElonMusk #tesla #TrevorMilton #BillionairesShouldNotExist
Disgraced Nikola founder Trevor Milton gets 4-year sentence for lying about EVs
Ars Technica · Disgraced Nikola founder Trevor Milton gets 4-year sentence for lying about EVsProsecutors had asked for a heavier sentence to deter future fraud.