The wild probe into investors of DWAC, Trump Media’s proposed merger ally. The Truth about Truth Social

[Amused]

Oh my. It seems Trump's Truth Social deal was filthy with insider trading and was basically, a giant pyramid scheme...

Sales of Digital World Acquisition stock triggered a widespread federal probe that involved a confidential informant, a secret airport phone scan and an elite anti-money-laundering squad. Three people were indicted, but the investigation continues.
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[Fenixgoon]

i mean... duh. hope the feds come crashing down hard on people.

 

[hal2kilo]

Oh my. It seems Trump's Truth Social deal was filthy with insider trading and was basically, a giant pyramid scheme...

Sales of Digital World Acquisition stock triggered a widespread federal probe that involved a confidential informant, a secret airport phone scan and an elite anti-money-laundering squad. Three people were indicted, but the investigation continues.
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Nothing better than a convention of grifters.

 

[feralkid]

Trump's criming simply has no limits. When will we see him in prison?

 

[alien42]

and yet Truth social is still up and running, they should shut it down.

 

[Pens1566]

And nothing will come of it for anyone that is recognizable. Some small fish will take the fall and that's it.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I so fucking hate this timeline

 

[tweaker2]

"Truth Social" really does describe The Party of Hypocrisy so perfectly, just like so many of their other programs that mock and deride the actual truth of their intentions.

 

[alien42]

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation...

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation

Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors

www.theguardian.com

"But Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation into the merger in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light for its stock market debut.

The situation led Trump Media to take emergency loans, including from an entity called ES Family Trust, which opened an account with Paxum Bank, a small bank registered on the Caribbean island of Dominica that is best known for providing financial services to the porn industry.

Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company for a Russian-American businessman named Anton Postolnikov, who co-owns Paxum Bank and has been a subject of a years-long joint federal criminal investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the Trump Media merger.

The existence of the trust has previously been reported by the Guardian and the Washington Post. However, who controlled the account, how the trust was connected to Paxum Bank, and how the money had been funneled through the trust to Trump Media was unknown.

The new details about the trust are drawn from documents including: Paxum Bank records showing Postolnikov having access to the trust’s account, the papers that created the trust showing as its settlor a lawyer in St Petersburg, Russia, and three years of the trust’s financial transactions.

The concern surrounding the loans to Trump Media is that ES Family Trust may have been used to complete a transaction that Paxum itself could not.

Paxum Bank does not offer loans in the US as it lacks a US banking license and is not regulated by the FDIC. Postolnikov appears to have used the trust to loan money to help save Trump Media – and the Truth Social platform – because his bank itself could not furnish the loan.

Postolnikov, the nephew of Aleksandr Smirnov, an ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has not been charged with a crime."

 

[Fenixgoon]

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation...

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation

Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors

www.theguardian.com

"But Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation into the merger in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light for its stock market debut.

The situation led Trump Media to take emergency loans, including from an entity called ES Family Trust, which opened an account with Paxum Bank, a small bank registered on the Caribbean island of Dominica that is best known for providing financial services to the porn industry.

Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company for a Russian-American businessman named Anton Postolnikov, who co-owns Paxum Bank and has been a subject of a years-long joint federal criminal investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the Trump Media merger.

The existence of the trust has previously been reported by the Guardian and the Washington Post. However, who controlled the account, how the trust was connected to Paxum Bank, and how the money had been funneled through the trust to Trump Media was unknown.

The new details about the trust are drawn from documents including: Paxum Bank records showing Postolnikov having access to the trust’s account, the papers that created the trust showing as its settlor a lawyer in St Petersburg, Russia, and three years of the trust’s financial transactions.

The concern surrounding the loans to Trump Media is that ES Family Trust may have been used to complete a transaction that Paxum itself could not.

Paxum Bank does not offer loans in the US as it lacks a US banking license and is not regulated by the FDIC. Postolnikov appears to have used the trust to loan money to help save Trump Media – and the Truth Social platform – because his bank itself could not furnish the loan.

Postolnikov, the nephew of Aleksandr Smirnov, an ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has not been charged with a crime."

Nothing to see here move along. /S

 

[Pens1566]

Seems like there must have been zero investigation into this merger.

 

[zinfamous]

For a guy that never colluded with the Russians, he sure does have a metric buttload of debt tied to Russian mafia and their Capo, Putin.

Strange, that.

 

[thilanliyan]

For a guy that never colluded with the Russians, he sure does have a metric buttload of debt tied to Russian mafia and their Capo, Putin.

Strange, that.

Yeah but Hunter...did something or other

 

[dank69]

Yeah but Hunter...did something or other

Yes, Republicans are very concerned about the corruption of government officials and their families.

 

[HomerJS]

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation...

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation

Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors

www.theguardian.com

"But Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation into the merger in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light for its stock market debut.

The situation led Trump Media to take emergency loans, including from an entity called ES Family Trust, which opened an account with Paxum Bank, a small bank registered on the Caribbean island of Dominica that is best known for providing financial services to the porn industry.

Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company for a Russian-American businessman named Anton Postolnikov, who co-owns Paxum Bank and has been a subject of a years-long joint federal criminal investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the Trump Media merger.

The existence of the trust has previously been reported by the Guardian and the Washington Post. However, who controlled the account, how the trust was connected to Paxum Bank, and how the money had been funneled through the trust to Trump Media was unknown.

The new details about the trust are drawn from documents including: Paxum Bank records showing Postolnikov having access to the trust’s account, the papers that created the trust showing as its settlor a lawyer in St Petersburg, Russia, and three years of the trust’s financial transactions.

The concern surrounding the loans to Trump Media is that ES Family Trust may have been used to complete a transaction that Paxum itself could not.

Paxum Bank does not offer loans in the US as it lacks a US banking license and is not regulated by the FDIC. Postolnikov appears to have used the trust to loan money to help save Trump Media – and the Truth Social platform – because his bank itself could not furnish the loan.

Postolnikov, the nephew of Aleksandr Smirnov, an ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has not been charged with a crime."

Russian collusion is a hoax
Russian collusion is a hoax
Russian collusion is a hoax
Russian collusion is a hoax

Article: Trump colludes with Russia

Rinse and repeat

 

[fskimospy]

For a guy that never colluded with the Russians, he sure does have a metric buttload of debt tied to Russian mafia and their Capo, Putin.

Strange, that.

Also strange that a guy who never colluded with the Russians had Russian agents offer to collude with his campaign and had his son respond ‘I love it!’

 

[BoomerD]

Trump's criming simply has no limits. When will we see him in prison?

Never.

 

[fskimospy]

Never.

If he doesn’t win the presidency the only thing that will keep him out of prison is death. He’s totally cooked.

 

[BoomerD]

If he doesn’t win the presidency the only thing that will keep him out of prison is death. He’s totally cooked.

Don't hold your breath...I don't think he'll ever see the inside of a jail cell.

 

[soundforbjt]

If he doesn’t win the presidency the only thing that will keep him out of prison is death. He’s totally cooked.

No way a former president goes to jail no matter how much he deserves it.

 

[fskimospy]

Don't hold your breath...I don't think he'll ever see the inside of a jail cell.

91 felony counts ago lots of people said he would never be indicted.

He will be able to delay reporting to prison for a while and he’s old enough and in bad enough physical shape that he might die first, but he would have to die relatively soon.

 

[fskimospy]

No way a former president goes to jail no matter how much he deserves it.

I guess it depends on how you define jail. I agree he wouldn’t go into general population or anything but he will be convicted and sentenced in a way where he will be confined to some structure he is not allowed to leave.

 

[K1052]

Trump will end up on house arrest likely for the remainder of his life if he doesn't win. My vote would be for his place in Trump Tower, a depressing tacky low ceilinged crypt in a city that hates him and that he will die looking at.

 

[sandorski]

Pravda Socialinski

 

[BoomerD]

91 felony counts ago lots of people said he would never be indicted.

He will be able to delay reporting to prison for a while and he’s old enough and in bad enough physical shape that he might die first, but he would have to die relatively soon.

It ain’t over till it’s over…as much as I’d love to see King Donnie in Sing Sing, Leavenworth, (or Gitmo) or even one of Georgia’s corrupt prisons…it just ain’t gonna happen.