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Former President Donald Trump’s media company fired an executive Thursday after he shared internal documents from a Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower complaint with The Washington Post and spoke with the newspaper, the news outlet reported Saturday.

Will Wilkerson was a senior vice president of operations at Trump Media and Technology, which owns the social network Truth Social, and was one of the company’s first employees.

Wilkerson filed the SEC whistleblower complaint in August, alleging that the company relied on “fraudulent misrepresentations … in violation of federal securities laws” in its bid to be taken public via an investment vehicle known as special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, according to the Post.

In the article, he also described strife within Trump Media, including tension with CEO Devin Nunes, who, as a Republican congressman, was one of Trump’s most loyal defenders. Wilkerson also said another executive detailed how Trump pressured him to give shares in the company to his wife, Melania Trump.

Digital World Acquisition Corp., the SPAC seeking to take the media company public, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

CNBC also reached out to Wilkerson’s attorneys for comment.

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