| Cross After
Jurors Hear Trevor Milton Doesn't Give a
Sh*t About The Environment, Nikola Qs
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 14 – In the US v. Trevor
Milton of Nikola trial, the
morning after "Nikola Insider"
Paul Lackey quoted Milton that
"I don't give a sh*t about the
environment," he was cross
examined. Inner City Press was
there. Thread:
Jury entering!
Judge Ramos: Mr.
Lackey, I remind you that you
are under oath.
Mr. Caruso?
Milton's lawyer
Ken Caruso: You tried to you
your knowledge to make money,
right?
Lackey: No,
that's not why I did it.
Caruso: You were a
whistleblower to the SEC,
right?
Lackey: Yes, I
filed. Caruso: And you stand
to make more than the $600,000
you already made, right?
Lackey: I might. Caruso: You
have a lawyer representing
you, who was in the courtroom
yesterday, right? Lackey: Yes,
he's here.
Caruso: Did he
speak to you about your
testimony? Lackey: I don't
want to get into my talks with
my lawyer. Caruso: But you
were speaking -- AUSA:
Objection! Judge Ramos:
Sustained.
Caruso: Look at
this email, from your lawyer
to the US Attorney's Office.
Lackey: This is the 1st time
I'm seeing this. Caruso: How
much did Hildenburg [Research]
make? Lackey: I don't know.
Caruso: But you
obtained a portion by buying
it, right?
Lackey: I suppose
Caruso: The
$600,000 you got is a lot of
money, right? Lackey: I'm not
sure it's a lot of money in
this room. But it was a
blessing to me. Caruso: You
worked for EVdrive in 2015,
right, as a contractor for
Nikola. right? Lackey: Yes.
Caruso: Later you
set up an anonymous Twitter
account, right? Lackey: It was
anonymous at first. Caruso:
You tweeted up a storm, didn't
you? Lackey: I tweeted.
Caruso: Two thousand, right?
Lackey: I guess. Caruso:
But you were really a Nikola
OUTSIDER, right?
Caruso: You used
a hashtag #NKLA, right?
Lackey: I did. Caruso:
Also NKLAQ? Lackey: People use
that to have skepticism for a
company, is my understanding.
Caruso:
Yesterday you said Trevor
Milton said, "I don't give a
sh*t about the environment,"
only about money. The
vulgarity shocked you, right?
Lackey: It was more than the
profanity. It was shocking.
[Now there is a whispered
sidebar]
Caruso: There's
an exhibit we want to put in.
Judge Ramos: Show the
government and we'll go from
there. Caruso returned with
video of Milton bragging about
Nikola 2, a truck without a
sleeper
Caruso: The
footage of the truck rolling
down the hill, it was a
Phillips commercial right?
Lackey: No, it was different.
Caruso: We'd like to play the
Phillips commercial. AUSA: May
we be heard at sidebar?
Whispered sidebar starts.
Phillips
commercial is played, with the
money lines: What kinds of
parts do you use? Phillips.
Well at least that hasn't
changed. [Caruso walks over to
confer with Mukasey. Then:]
Caruso: I have no
further questions.
Judge
Ramos: Re-direct. AUSA: Have
you ever said, I don't give a
sh*t about the environment?
Lackey: Never. I
do care about the
environment. But Mr.
Milton said it to me the first
day I met him. I had assumed
we were doing this stuff to
help climate change.
The
case is US v.
Milton,
21-cr-478
(Ramos)
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