tfg Tried To Force One Of THe Truth Social Execs To Give Melania Shares

[Me.]

He was given 90% of the company and the greedy pig still wanted more. THe SEC is on it

A co-founder of the firm behind Truth Social says Trump retaliated against another exec who refused to gift some of his shares to Melania

• “Will Wilkerson, co-founder of Trump's media company, filed an SEC whistleblower complaint in August.
• Wilkerson detailed several allegations about the company to The Washington Post.
• An email obtained by the Post showed another co-founder believed Trump was retaliating against him.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-media-co-founder-trump-pushed-exec-shares-to-melania-2022-10

“A co-founder of Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, said former President Donald Trump pushed another executive to give some of his shares to Melania Trump and retaliated when the request was declined, according to a Washington Post report.
Will Wilkerson, who filed a whistleblower complaint about the company to the SEC in August, made the allegation in a story published by the outlet on Saturday. The Post, which obtained materials submitted with Wilkerson's complaint, detailed accusations of infighting and potentially illegal activity at the company.”

https://news.yahoo.com/co-founder-firm-behind-truth-025918838.html

[UpInArms]

1. Open link for the WP article

https://wapo.st/3MBR29h

After Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump was banned from major social networks, the men drew up plans for a tech platform that would be “resilient to cancel culture and the impact of bias against the right,” according to the daily log Wilkerson shared with The Post and the SEC.

To meet with Trump, the men sought help from another “Apprentice” contestant, Bradford Cohen, a Florida criminal-defense attorney who represented two rappers, Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, to whom Trump had granted clemency on his final day in the White House.

In late January, three weeks after the riot, Cohen, Litinsky and Moss met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his opulent home and club in Palm Beach, Fla., to discuss the idea. Over cheeseburgers, Diet Cokes and ice cream, the men offered to build Trump a media company that he would own 90 percent of without putting in any of his own money, Wilkerson said. He was interested, and Trump Media was born. Cohen and Moss did not respond to requests for comment.

… big snip …

The timeline entries also show the men growing accustomed to dealing with Trump’s sudden reversals and rage. On Sept. 23, 2021, the log records cite Litinsky saying, “President trump calls me in morning to yell at me because don jr is upset.” The next day, “Don jr calls Wes and yells at him.” On Oct. 12, “djt calls in crazy mood and he tries to renegotiate the entire deal … don jr walks in room and wants to get paid.” On Oct. 30: “djt is pissed.”

[Me.]

3. +1

Honestly they guys deserve what they get for dealing with him

[Diraven]

2. And ironically

Those shares would be worth jack squat now anyway

[Hekate]

4. Everything Trump Touches Dies

Serves them right.

[crickets]

5. True on both counts. nt

[Me.]

8. LOve That Witch

[MaryMagdaline]

6. Bradley Cohen works out of Fort Lauderdale

Had a huge Trump sign on his building during and after 2016 election. He’s a criminal defense attorney, not known for defending white collar crime and he probably got way over his head. I’ve referred regular criminal cases to him* since the judges and bailiffs seem to like him (=good results for any of my friends’ kids) but no way in hell would I have sent him a complex SEC or other corporate crime case. (That’s what ex-US prosecutors are for).

you lie down with dogs …

*before I knew he was a trumpster

[Me.]

7. Interesting

[allegorical oracle]

9. The Guardian had a story about this, too. These four paragraphs were especially interesting...

Wilkerson’s lawyers have said that he is cooperating with investigators at the SEC, and New York-based federal prosecutors are also looking into alleged criminality at Trump Media in relation to the merger which would have led to a $1.3bn cash injection. Digital World’s share price dived to under $18 on Friday from a high of $175.

Investors were promised more than 50 million users by 2024, but so far Trump, the main attraction on the platform, has less than 5 million followers – just a fraction of the 88 million he had on Twitter.

The whistleblower complaint was first reported by the Miami Herald, but Trump Media fired Wilkerson last Thursday, citing his “unauthorized disclosures” to the Post. His lawyer Phil Brewster described the move as “patent retaliation against a SEC whistleblower of the worst kind”.

Trump’s and the company’s legal woes – and desperate actions – are mounting as he contends with federal and state investigations in New York, Georgia and Washington DC over his business practices and his lies about being robbed victory during the 2020 presidential race.

[Me.]

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