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Omeed Malik has a pretty good cover story for a black hat (Wikipedia):

“He was an early supporter of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign leading up to the 2024 U.S. elections, and later a supporter of the Donald Trump presidential campaign. After Trump’s conviction in New York, Malik said: “This verdict will have less than zero impact on my support”. Following Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., announced that he would be joining Malik’s company, 1789 Capital, as opposed to a role in his father’s administration.

In 2025, Malik was appointed to Fannie Mae’s board of directors by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Also that year, Malik’s Colombier Acquisition Corp. II announced it would merge with GrabAGun, an online retailer of firearms, ammunition, and gun accessories, with Trump Jr. to participate as a shareholder and advisor; the gun retailer began trading on the New York Stock Exchange later in the year. Pulte’s private investment firm, The Pulte Family Office, also was an investor in Malik’s GrabAGun venture. Shortly after he joined Fannie Mae’s board, Malik and his partners at 1789 Capital also opened the Executive Branch, a Trump-aligned club in Washington, D.C.

A SPAC backed by Malik, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Trump Jr., Colombier Acquisition Corp. III, filed for a $260 million initial public offering later in the year.

According to Malik, he used to be a “run-of-the-mill Democrat” until the COVID-19 pandemic, when he became a Republican. New York magazine noted that according to public records, Malik donated to Democrats until July 2019, when he switched to donating only to Republicans like Donald Trump.”

I assume at some point that Malik will have to choose between continuing to support Tucker Carlson or continuing to support PDJT.