(Bloomberg) - Nikola Corp.'s Trevor Milton yog li "hyper-focused" ntawm lub tuam txhab tus nqi Tshuag uas thaum cov shares poob $5 rau lawv thawj hnub ntawm trading nyob rau hauv Lub rau hli ntuj 2020, nws xav tias ib yam dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm Nasdaq, jurors ntawm nws qhov kev ua txhaum kev dag ntxias raug hais.
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Thaum lub sij hawm, lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob-tsheb thauj khoom Milton tau tsim tau ua tiav kev sib koom ua ke rov qab thiab yuav xaus rau hnub nrog tus nqi lag luam ntawm $ 12 billion. Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Nyiaj Txiag Kim Brady tau ua tim khawv hauv New York hnub Friday tias nws tau piav qhia rau Milton qhov kev poob qis yog "tsuas yog muab khoom thiab xav tau," tab sis Milton hais kom Brady hu rau kev sib pauv.
“Koj puas tau ua li ntawd?” Tus Kws Lij Choj Meskas Tus Kws Lij Choj Matthew Podolsky nug.
"Tsis yog, kuv tsis tau," Brady hais.
Cov kws lij choj hais tias Milton tau hais lus tsis tseeb rau cov tub ua lag luam txog lub tuam txhab kev nce qib mus rau kev tsim cov roj hluav taws xob hydrogen thiab cov tsheb lag luam txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau nce tus nqi ntawm Nikola thiab nws tus kheej kev nplua nuj.
Lawv hais tias Milton dag cov tub ua lag luam los ntawm kev ua cov khoom siv tsis tau zoo saib ua haujlwm tau zoo thiab dag txog lub tuam txhab thev naus laus zis thiab kev koom tes. Kev tiv thaiv tau hais tias Milton tsuas yog ua raws li lub tuam txhab txoj kev lag luam thiab tsis tau hais dab tsi nws tsis ntseeg tias muaj tseeb.
Brady hais rau jurors tias nws yog kev sib ntaus sib tua tas mus li kom tau Milton, lub tuam txhab tus tswv lag luam loj tshaj plaws, kom tsom mus rau kev tsim tus nqi mus sij hawm ntev es tsis xav txog cov neeg lag luam muag khoom muag thiab cov khoom lag luam hloov pauv.
Nyob rau hnub thib peb ntawm kev ua lag luam, Nikola shares ob npaug, thiab dhia saum toj no $ 90 ob peb hnub tom qab ua ntej kev iab liam ntawm kev hais lus tsis txaus ntseeg pib ua rau cov khoom lag luam. Thaum Nikola Tshuag tsis kam, Milton feem ntau xav tias muaj kev ntxhov siab los ntawm cov khoom lag luam los ntawm hyping lub tuam txhab ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm lossis hauv kev xam phaj, raws li Brady.
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"Nws yuav tsum tau txias," Brady hais rau Mark Russell, tus thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab, nyob rau hauv ib lub yim hli ntuj 2020 cov ntawv uas tau qhia rau jurors.
Brady tau hais tias nws nquag hais rau Milton tias cov lus tshaj tawm pej xeem los ntawm nws thiab lwm tus thawj coj hauv tuam txhab yuav tsum muaj tseeb.
Brady tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tsis txhob tsom mus rau lub sijhawm luv luv ntawm cov nqi lag luam, uas tsis sawv cev rau tus nqi tiag tiag ntawm lub tuam txhab," Brady hais, rov hais dua nws cov lus qhia rau Milton. "Peb yuav tsum ceev faj yam uas tau tshaj tawm tiag tiag, dab tsi hauv kev tshaj xov xwm vim tias koj yuav cuam tshuam rau cov neeg lag luam muag khoom thiab lawv cov kev txiav txim siab los yuav cov khoom lag luam."
“Mr. Milton tsis tu ncua tsis quav ntsej kuv cov lus qhia. "
Russell tau ua tim khawv ua ntej hauv qhov kev sim siab tias nws, Brady thiab Nikola tus kws lij choj sab saum toj hauv tsev pom Milton's hype txaus ntshai heev uas peb tau hem tias yuav tawm haujlwm xyoo 2020 yog tias nws tsis tau nqis los ua tus thawj tswj hwm. Milton raug yuam tawm ntawm txoj haujlwm los ntawm Nikola pawg thawj coj.
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Brady hais tias Milton muaj ib hnub qhia nws cov npe ntawm cov neeg muaj nyiaj tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas, uas nws tau nyob ib puag ncig 270.
Brady tau hais tias "Nws hais rau kuv ib qho ntawm nws lub hom phiaj yog kom nyob hauv 100 sab saum toj," Brady hais. Yuav mus li cas? Brady hais tias "Tus nqi sib faib yuav tsum siab dua," Brady hais.
Brady tau ua pov thawj tias nws tau kwv yees ntau lab daus las hauv kev poob los ntawm Milton-engineered deal nrog General Motors Co. los tsim lub tsheb thauj khoom Badger.
"Qhov no tsis yog qhov zoo," Brady hais hauv ntawv rau Russell. "Peb yuav tsum taug kev mus."
Lub tuam txhab tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus GM, tab sis nws tau rov qab los tom qab lub Cuaj Hlis 2020 luv luv-muag tsab ntawv ceeb toom uas liam Milton thiab Nikola ntawm kev dag ntxias. Lub Badger yeej tsis tau tsim.
Brady tau xa email mus rau Nikola cov thawj coj nyob rau lub Yim Hli 2020 projecting qhov poob ntawm $ 3.2 nphom los ntawm GM daim ntawv cog lus los ntawm 2022 txog 2026. Brady kuj tau kwv yees cov nyiaj tau los poob ntawm $ 4.6 billion rau tib lub sijhawm.
Ntawm kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas, Milton tus kws lij choj tau qhia nws cov neeg siv kev ntseeg tias Nasdaq tau tawg qee qhov qhia tias nws tau "naive" txog kev lag luam Tshuag. Nws kuj tau sim qhia tias qhov sib txawv ntawm Milton thiab Brady txog cov teeb meem suav nrog Badger thiab tsom mus rau cov khw muag khoom ntawm cov tuam txhab lag luam tsuas yog "kev lag luam tsis pom zoo," tsis yog kev dag ntxias.
"Ib txhia hais tias 'txiv lws suav," ib txhia hais tias 'rau-mah-to," tus kws lij choj, Marc Mukasey, hais txog cov qub George thiab Ira Gershwin zaj nkauj txog qhov sib txawv tsis tseem ceeb.
Ib tus kws lij choj hais tias tsoomfwv xav tias yuav tau so nws rooj plaub tawm tsam Milton lub lim tiam tom ntej.
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Rooj plaub no yog US v. Milton, 21-cr-478, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
(Hloov tshiab nrog cov lus nug los ntawm kws lij choj kws lij choj.)
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