Whistleblower Trump Media executive says firm violated federal securities laws
This is just another day in life with Trump under the spotlight. Just more criminal activity that will be excused without a second thought by his loyalists who have absolutely no principles or values anymore.
Wilkerson, who was sacked from his role as senior vice-president for operations last week after speaking to the Washington Post, filed a whistleblower complaint to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August. He backed his complaint with a cache of emails, documents, messages and audio recordings which detail a pattern of rancorous infighting, technical incompetence and power struggles inside Trump Media since its launch last year.
Among the emails is an exchange between Wilkerson and fellow co-founder Andy Litinsky, who was allegedly fired as payback for refusing to hand over some of his shares, worth millions of dollars, to former first lady Melania Trump, according to the Post. Trump had already been given 90% of the company’s shares in exchange for the use of his name and some minor involvement.
In the email provided to the SEC, Litinsky, who first met Trump in 2004 as a contestant on the TV show The Apprentice, said that Trump was “retaliating against me” by threatening to “‘blow up the company’ if his demands are not met”.
The SEC was already investigating the merger between Trump Media and the Spac, Digital World Acquisition Corp, which has been on hold since last October due to civil and criminal investigations as well as lacklustre investor backing.
