SEC Chair Gensler dodges Trump Media campaign finance questions

SEC Chair Gensler dodges Trump Media campaign finance questions

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on Tuesday refused to comment on speculation of whether Trump Media is a funding organ for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “I’m not going to speak on any one company,” Gensler said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” responding to a question on whether Trump Media is merely … Read more

Trump Media hires new auditor after accounting firm charged with fraud

Trump Media hires new auditor after accounting firm charged with fraud

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Trump Media hired a new auditor over the weekend, after its previous public accounting firm was accused Friday of perpetrating a massive fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Truth Social owner fired BF Borgers CPA after the SEC accused the firm of failing to perform actual … Read more

Trump Media auditor charged by SEC with ‘massive fraud,’ permanently barred from public company audits

Trump Media auditor charged by SEC with ‘massive fraud,’ permanently barred from public company audits

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images The auditing firm for Trump Media and the auditor’s owner were charged Friday with “massive fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission for work that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the federal regulator announced. The auditor, BF Borgers CPA and its owner Benjamin Borgers have agreed to … Read more

Trump Media IDs firms for House short selling probe

Trump Media IDs firms for House short selling probe

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images The CEO of Trump Media urged leading House committee chairmen to investigate eight financial firms over concerns of potentially illicit short selling of DJT, whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump. “I believe quick action is necessary to protect retail shareholders, identify wrongdoers, and determine whether any … Read more

DJT shares crack $50 as Trump Media continues stock bounce back

DJT shares crack  as Trump Media continues stock bounce back

Former US president Donald Trump announced plans on October 20 to launch his own social networking platform called “TRUTH Social,” which is expected to begin its beta launch for “invited guests” next month. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Trump Media shares opened trading Wednesday higher, breaking the $50 per share threshold for the … Read more

Trump Media insider trading trial begins in New York

Trump Media insider trading trial begins in New York

Bruce Garelick walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, July 20, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters The federal criminal trial of a man accused of insider trading in shares of a shell company ahead of its announcement of a plan to merge with Trump Media began Tuesday, just blocks … Read more

Trump receives 36 million more shares of Trump Media as bonus

Trump receives 36 million more shares of Trump Media as bonus

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to Trump tower during the day of his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York City, U.S. , April 19, 2024.  Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Former … Read more

Trump Media shares rise again, jump 50% in the past week

Trump Media shares rise again, jump 50% in the past week

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Trump Media shares climbed 7% Tuesday, continuing a rise that has seen the Truth Social owner surge about 50% in the past week. DJT was trading at roughly $50 a share, about 30% below its opening price of $70.90 in late March. The stock has had several volatile … Read more

Trump Media shares soar more than 12% in afternoon trading

Trump Media shares soar more than 12% in afternoon trading

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images The share price of Trump Media soared by more than 12% in afternoon trading Monday, continuing a stunning rise that began in mid-April. The DJT ticker was up more than $5 per share just before 1 p.m. ET. Trump Media owns the Truth Social app frequently used by … Read more

Trump Media CEO asks House GOP to launch stock manipulation probe

Trump Media CEO asks House GOP to launch stock manipulation probe

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an impeachment inquiry hearing in Washington, Nov. 13, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Tuesday urged House Republican committee leaders to investigate possible “unlawful manipulation” of the company’s stock. Nunes, himself a former House … Read more