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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The company behind Truth Social fired its co-founder after he shared whistleblower documents with the Washington Post, the publication reported - Yahoo Finance

  • The company behind Truth Social fired one of its co-founders, the Washington Post reported.

  • Will Wilkerson shared documents with the Post related to an SEC whistleblower complaint he filed in August.

  • Trump Media fired him last Thursday for sharing "unauthorized disclosures," per the publication.

Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of former President Donald Trump's right-wing social-media platform Truth Social, fired one of its co-founders for sharing information with The Washington Post, the publication reported.

Will Wilkerson, who was the company's senior vice-president of operations, shared documents with The Post related to an SEC whistleblower complaint he filed in August.

In the complaint, Wilkerson said that Trump Media had tried to raise money by merging with a special purpose acquisition company using "fraudulent misrepresentations … in violation of federal securities laws."

Wilkerson is cooperating with the SEC and the Southern District of New York's investigations into the company, his attorneys told The Post for the article, published Saturday.

In a subsequent statement sent to Insider, Wilkerson's lawyers said he remains "committed to assisting investigators."

"I wanted this to succeed more than anything," Wilkerson told the Washington Post. "But these are glaring issues, and they're threatening me now for calling them out. I couldn't stay quiet anymore."

Wilkerson said that when his SEC complaint was first reported by The Miami Herald on October...



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