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

MSN via Business Insider ^ | 10/16/2022

[SeekAndFind]

* 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.

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.

Trump had been given a 90% stake in the company when it was founded, according to the SEC complaint. But Wilkerson told the Post he was with fellow co-founder Andy Litinsky in October 2021 when the latter received a call from Trump. At the time, the company had recently reached a merger deal that would catapult the value of its stock. Wilkerson said the former president asked Litinsky to give some of his shares to Melania Trump.

Wilkerson told the Post that Litinsky demurred and explained the gift would result in a tax bill he would be unable to pay: "Trump didn't care. He said, 'Do whatever you need to do.'"

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Desantis is more important to leave at his post in FLA. seeing him there only now makes me understand why all those poor bastards(including myself), were passed over for advancement. Sometimes there is intelligence from above and keeps a man where he’s at for the greater good... Just sayin...

[Bratch]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Wins Coveted Paul Ryan Endorsement for 2024

October 14, 2022 | Sundance | 127 Comments

Folks, I’m not trying to bust on Ron DeSantis, I’m just highlighting the dynamic in the background to include the political players and deep connected GOP club operatives.  If the truth makes me a critic, then so be it; but I’m not going to play the pretending game.  Quite frankly, I’m tired of it.

Ron DeSantis is backed by the same assembly of political insiders, donors, corporations and financial backers that supported Jeb Bush.  The professionally republican class know what they have in DeSantis, and he is brand organized, packaged & managed to deliver on their intents.

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is as dialed in to the GOP club system as it gets.  Ryan’s brass nameplate is rivetted to one of the select mahogany chairs at the club table.

Speaking Wednesday at the Robin Hood conference before billionaires Steve Cohen and Paul Tudor Jones went on stage, Paul Ryan noted the GOP 2024 nominee will be “someone other than Donald Trump.”

According to a recording of his talk, Ryan named Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott as his three favorites. {source} DeSantis fighting Disney was “really good for him, from a political perspective,” Ryan said.

DeSantis didn’t raise $200+ million, with 94% coming from billionaires and multinational corporations, for a gubernatorial reelection race in Florida.  Keep in mind all of the major expenses (television ads, mailers, etc.) are coming from outside PACs and affiliated groups.

DeSantis has raised a massive war chest and he is not spending it.   He has willingly accepted the positioning for a 2024 nomination effort.  It is intellectually dishonest not to see what the Club is doing.

The DNC Club is doing the same thing with California Governor Gavin Newsom.

The both wings of the UniParty want a Newsom -vs- DeSantis contest.

The professional political approach is as clear now in 2022 as it was in 2014 when the clubs were organizing the Hillary -vs- Jeb contest for 2016.

[ronnie raygun]

Another rat mole in his nest

[SaveFerris]

Business Insider: Leftist Liberal Rag diagnosed with severe, incurable, raging TDS

[AndyTheBear]

Guy is sore about being off board speculates its about something that happened 6 months earlier? Wow, guess that’s credible enough to run a story on.

[AndyTheBear]

Ron DeSantis seems very different than Jeb Bush.

[bigdaddy45]

One word can sum up Trumps staffing abilities. Omarosa.

That told me all I need to know about his staffing acumen.

[Hattie]

Who cares.

[Wilderness Conservative]

I believe this crap as much as I believe the Zelinskybots posting on FR.

[roving]

Trump admitted he made bad choices.

[AuntB]

Agreed

[AuntB]

WHO would you have picked? Seriously, let’s hear it.

[Robert DeLong]

I’m sure there is more to this story than Business Insider, an anti-Trump outlet, would divulge even if it knew more than it’s telling.

[tomkat]

That headline sounds like bullshit to me.

[bigfootbob]

Thanks. You said what most think. I too admonished someone yesterday here and told them to try and be more subtle when trolling, you’re not at DU, people here have at least 100 percentage points more IQ and see through the pathetic trolling.

We have several just like this one who only posts crap like this. Boy, I sure miss the infamous Zot Kitty.

[Vaduz]

MSN + The Washington Post = YES

[bigfootbob]

Waste of time asking a fool serious questions.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Imma call BS on that one. It makes Trump sound like a mafia boss.

[AuntB]

Waste of time reminding me of it too!

[Louis Foxwell]

Sounds remarkably stupid