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@WendySiegelman
Sep 13, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
The UN is investigating Christiaan Durrant's alleged role in operation Opus to provide military ops to Khalifa Haftar in Libya, UN is also looking at Durrant's ex-boss Erik Prince

by @dylanwelch @KylesTaylor @jeanavivem HT @10milesbadroad featuring @RYP__
abc.net.au/news/2020-09-1…
This April 2019 story had reported that mercenaries affiliated with Erik Prince's FSG were secretly sent from Iraq and UAE to Libya to fight with General Khalifa Haftar's troops - the story was never corroborated by other news outlets

The fighter pilot, the mercenary boss & the warlord: a modern Libyan war story

The UN is investigating Christiaan Durrant's alleged role in operation Opus to provide military ops to Khalifa Haftar in Libya

@4corners @dylanwelch @KylesTaylor @jeanavivem

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Shortly before broadcast, Christiaan Durrant provided the statement below to Four Corners regarding their story:

bit.ly/2FCz3RG.

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Apr 3
Michael Shvartsman who pleaded guilty today to insider trading related to DWAC-Trump Media merger is friends w/Anton Postolnikov who used ES Family Trust to loan $8mil to Trump Media in 2022 per @hugolowell

There's another link from Shvartsman to ES Family Trust, see 🧵below
As @hugolowell reported the ES Family Trust
creation papers included a declaration that, if the original trustee – a Paxum employee named Angel Pacheco – stepped down from the role, his successor would be a certain individual named Michael Shvartsman

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
@hugolowell After story about $8 million in loans made to Trump Media came through Paxum Bank and ES Family Trust, where Angel Pacheco was a trustee - researcher @braisincapital found Pacheco and Shvartsman were listed as managers of Foundation Card Services in 2019

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Apr 3
Russian-American under investigation loaned Trump Media $8 million in 2022

Last year @hugolowell reported on 2 loans to Trump Media from ES Family Trust run by Anton Postolnikov, nephew of Putin ally Aleksandr Smirnov

Today's story adds new information:
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
ES Family Trust was established in May 2021 and Postolnikov’s access to account was verified in Nov 2021 by a Paxum Bank manager. The trust was funded in December 2021 and Trump Media received loans from ES Family Trust: $2m Dec 2021 and $6m Feb 2022.

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
"The loans came in the form of convertible promissory notes, meaning ES Family Trust would gain a major stake in Trump Media because it was offering the money in exchange for Trump Media agreeing to convert the loan principal into shares of Company Stock”

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
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Mar 25
I've been following Trump $ for years - OGE filings, real estate deals, loans, NYAG fraud case, DWAC and Trump Media & Technology Group merger, etc

Subscribe for emails when I publish, all content is free and donate to support this ongoing work here 👉 👈 newstracs.com
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Quick 🧵 of my recent pieces

Trump has over half a billion dollars in legal penalties – a review of nine+ years of Trump’s cash spreadsheets reveals new information and raises new questions

newstracs.com/trumps-cash-ba…
Update on recent investments made by Jared Kushner’s multi-billion-dollar Saudi-backed Affinity Partners and how the firm links to the Abraham Accords Peace Institute nonprofit Kushner created

newstracs.com/jared-kushner-…
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Mar 22
The merger of Trump's media company and DWAC was approved and may trade next week under the stock symbol DJT

The deal will pump $300 million into Trump Media and support Truth Social

Trump’s stake could be worth up to $3 billion

Hang on to your seats
nytimes.com/2024/03/22/bus…
Merger of Trump's TMTG and DWAC approved today - Trump Media will trade under symbol DJT as early as next week and may be worth billions to Trump

There's a 6 month lock up period, but info in article below on how Trump could access the $ or loans earlier
Digital World Acquisition Corp Form 8-K with info on stockholder approval of the merger of DWAC and Trump Media & Technology Group



And the press release with quotes from Eric Swider, CEO of Digital World and TMTG CEO Devin Nunes

sec.gov/Archives/edgar…
sec.gov/Archives/edgar…

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Mar 21
A lot of people asking how Trump will pay over half a billion are missing this story

Trump’s social media company TMTG is set to go public as early as Monday. He could borrow against the value of his stake - which may go up $3 billion

by @MattGoldstein26
nytimes.com/2024/03/21/bus…
Trump's TMTG is merging with Digital World Acquisition Corporation.

DWAC shareholders are expected to approve the merger Friday - and the company could trade under stock symbol DJT by Monday.

Trump’s 79 million shares will be worth more than $3 billion.
nytimes.com/2024/03/21/bus…
"But it is hard to predict how shares of Trump Media will trade, given that it is losing tens of millions of dollars and generated just $3.3 million in advertising revenue over the first nine months of last year."

nytimes.com/2024/03/21/bus…
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Mar 18
Trump has $500+ million in penalties

The media asks how he'll pay but few looked into NYAG fraud case exhibits on his past cash balances. So I did.

I compiled data on Trump's cash/short term investments 2013-2021 to reveal new info, insights & questions

newstracs.com/trumps-cash-ba…
To understand Trump's cash position I compiled new info on his cash and short term investments based on docs available in the NYAG fraud case exhibits 

There's a lot of new info - I'll thread some details and highlights below, please read and share 

newstracs.com/trumps-cash-ba…
Trump’s cash and short-term investments ranged from $75mil to almost $340mil from 2011-2021

As might be expected his cash declined ahead of the 2016 election, then jumped from $92mil in 2020 to $293mil in 2021

There is much more detail in the accounts...
newstracs.com/trumps-cash-ba…
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