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Nikola; Massimo Pinca/Reuters; Samantha Lee/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Trevor Milton left Nikola after he was accused of lying and exaggerating about its products. Legal filings and interviews with 38 people suggest Milton has a history of bending the truth. His friends defend him, saying he s misunderstood. Milton declined to comment on this story. Trevor Milton was minutes from showing the world the fulfillment of his childhood dream. It hadn t been an easy road. He d failed out of high school, dropped out of college, watched his mother and step-mother die before his 22nd birthday, and gotten sued by the man who appeared ready to give him his big break as an entrepreneur. ....