{"id":128012,"date":"2022-06-27T16:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=128012"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:43:23","slug":"federal-grand-jury-rains-subpoenas-on-trumps-truth-social-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/federal-grand-jury-rains-subpoenas-on-trumps-truth-social-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Grand Jury Rains Subpoenas on Trump's Truth Social Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York has subpoenaed board members of the company looking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s social-media company Truth Social. Blank-check firm Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) revealed on Monday that all seven of its board members have been asked for documents related to a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry <\/span>filed against the firm last year<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>planned SPAC merger<\/span>, now being threatened by multiple federal investigations, would allow the company to access billions of dollars in public markets. The federal grand jury is <\/span>also seeking<\/span> information related to Rocket One Capital, a Miami based venture capital firm. The document released by the SEC revealed that Rocket One’s Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Garelick had resigned from the board of DWAC.<\/span><\/p>\n In November of last year Sen. Elizabeth Warren <\/span>called on the SEC<\/span> to investigate possible securities violations by Truth Social and DWAC. Warren’s letter to the SEC cited <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i> reporting indicating that DWAC’s chief Patrick Orlando “had been discussing a deal with Mr. Trump” months before shares of the SPAC began trading, potentially misleading shareholders and the public. <\/span><\/p>\n The Trump Media Technology Group <\/span>released a statement<\/span> indicating it “will cooperate with-oversight that supports the SEC’s important mission of protecting retail investors.”<\/span><\/p>\n