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Milton Says If You Report Both Sides Maybe
I'll Talk As Russell on Intervention
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 20 – IThe cross
examination of Mark Russell
had been expected to be the
show-down. Russell had told
the prosecutors that he,
Britton Worthen and Kim Brady
had held an "intervention"
with Trevor Milton, telling he
couldn't just keep tweeting,
and saying whatever he wanted
on podcast.
Russell said they
had change the passwords to
Nikola's social media
accounts, but that Milton had
prevailed on an underling to
regain access.
As Kurt
Wheelock tweeted the dialogue
out, Nikola skeptics chimed
in, while its supporters - one
of whom was in Germany with
the incoming CEO and the chair
- tweet more positive news
with gathering speed, as if in
a parallel world.
When
Marc Mukasey did the cross, he
asked for the specifics of the
interviewing: what day? What
time? Russell said he didn't
remember the date, and it was
"during the work day." The
jury may have been left with
the impression that it didn't,
in fact, happen at all.
Mukasey
asked Russell how much the
stock he took as pay was
worth. At first Russell said
19 to 20 million - then
corrected to to 190 to 200
million. This, jurors noticed.
Some thought, he should have
been prepared for that. But
perhaps there was no good way
to say it.
When the
cross was over, and Stephanie
Amzallag the Nikola social
media manager took the stand,
Kurt ran out onto Foley Square
to again try to ask Trevor
Milton a question.
This time, he did
not turn his cell phone camera
on. His point was, Do you want
to respond to what Russell
said? Bondi began
coming over to again cut it
off, the man who bought his
own cemetery in Virginia.
Milton said, If
you would report both sides, I
might talk to you.
I'm reporting what both sides
say in the courtroom, Kurt
said. Milton disagreed. So
Kurt asked, The intervention,
did it happen? Milton laughed.
Maybe one had to.
Kurt cut across
Foley Square to the
International Court of Trade,
and Team Trevor headed south,
as Kurt would again. More on
Patreon here.
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