Former President Trump and his son were among six board members removed from the board of Trump’s social media company weeks before it was hit with federal subpoenas, according to state records. Florida state business records showed Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and the four others were removed as board members of the Trump Media and Technology Group on June 8, based on a filing with the state’s Division of Corporations. Roughly three weeks later, the Securities and Exchange Commission and a grand jury in Manhattan subpoenaed the company.
Former Trump staffers, including Donald Trump Jr., are launching a news aggregation app called MxM News that they hope will compete with the likes of Apple News and Google News. The group sees an opportunity to fill a void left by the Drudge Report’s waning influence, especially on mobile.
Guests clashed with hosts and hosts clashed with audience members at the ABC show on Thursday.
Donald Trump Jr.’s released incriminating emails after the New York Times alerted him it already had the emails and sought comment before posting them. Trump’s pre-emptive move may have given him the appearance of having nothing to hide in this instance, but he can no longer count on a heads-up from the press the next time it has a potentially damaging story.
