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Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-18): Based on trade positioning available on Fintel, Austin Private Wealth, LLC, a Certified Financial Planning group out of Austin, TX, took massive short positions on Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) the day before an assassination attempt nearly took Donald Trump's life. As we reported yesterday, TMTG, ticker symbol DJT on NASDAQ, has been the victim of naked short selling in the past, according to CEO Devin Nunes. Nunes had leveled accusations at hedge fund giant Citadel Securities, as well as UBS and Cowen & Co. Surely, Austin Private Wealth (APW) is now in his sights as well. Nunes has been silent about the matter on social media in the past several days. [...] Manhattan gadfly Jason Goodman (aka "Crowdsource The Truth" on X) managed to get AJ Wagner on the phone last night and recorded the call. Wagner, an officer of Austin Private Wealth, claimed that the position his firm took on DJT was a "reporting error."
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-08-28): Along with inspiring former President Donald Trump to alter his Republican National Committee (RNC) speech and – judging by the results of the 1984 elections – creating the conditions for a proper red tide in November, the July 13 assassination attempt had a significant impact on the shares of Trump Media (NASDAQ: DJT). [...] As it turned out, extensive stock market activity targeting DJT also preceded the assassination attempt. Austin Private Wealth, LLC, a financial planning company based in Texas, bought put options on as many as 12 million shares of DJT just one day before the attack. The short position taken by Austin Private Wealth on July 12 was also the largest among those listed – the second-biggest being the 1.677 million short made by Citadel in May.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-26): After reports that Austin Private Wealth made a massive put bet on Donald Trump stock one day before the assassination attempt on the former United States President and the financial services company’s clarification that it was all a ‘filing error,’ another update aims to shed more light on the matter. Indeed, amid conspiracy theories that APW somehow knew about the shooting before it happened, considering the timing of the bet against Trump Media (NASDAQ: DJT), the company made an update on July 22, in which it tried to make things clearer on the incorrect filing and subsequent amendment. As a reminder, shortly after the botched assassination attempt, reports came out that the $1 billion Texas asset manager had shorted 12 million DJT shares, but APW apologized and said it had made a clerical error in a statement on July 17, after which it filed an amended 13F form for the quarter ending June 30 no longer showing the position.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-19): Amid reports that a $1 billion Texas asset manager shorted massive amounts of Trump Media (NASDAQ: DJT) shares just one day before the failed assassination attempt on the former United States President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump, more details have come out. Indeed, information had initially surfaced that Austin Private Wealth, LLC, a financial planning company based in Texas, had bought put options on as many as 12 million DJT stocks, forcing the company to issue a public apology and state that the situation was nothing more than a clerical error in their statement on ‘Incorrect Filing with the SEC.’ More recently, market researcher and retail investor Ryan Rigg observed that the company had already held this position on June 30, 12 days before the assassination attempt, but filed it with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 12 – one day before the attack.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-19): Did short selling for Trump Media "more than double" between July 1 and July 12, 2024, making the stock "plummet one day before the assassination attempt" against the company's co-founder, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The company, which owns the Truth Social platform, saw an upward trend that started on July 10, 2024 -- three days before the shooting at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Posts on social media recycled erroneous financial filings that covered June, not July, and did not show any data specific to short selling. [...] The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error. [...] In response to a Lead Stories email on July 19, 2024, Austin Private Wealth's chief information security officer, Sarah McNutt, denied that the firm had used short selling or put options for Truth Social in the 12 days predating the assassination attempt on Trump beyond what it had already acknowledged in the corrected filing:
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-18): A Huge Financial Bet Against Donald Trump's Company Was Made Before the Assassination Attempt [...] So, on July 12th, a day before the assassination attempt, Austin Private Wealth reported a short position nominally equivalent to 12 million shares. It is huge: it represents approximately one-seventh of Trump’s ownership in the same company, or 16% of all available stock float not held by major insiders. [...] It is also plausible that this extremely unusual position is a coincidence. There are many reasons why TruthSocial does not have a bright long-term future. However, the timing of this unusually large put option purchase raises some questions. Had the assassination succeeded, Austin Private Wealth would have reaped a windfall! The only reason Trump is alive is that he turned his head away in the last split second.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-18): However, the firm’s connection to the Bush family and the magnitude of this recent bet, shorting 12 million shares of Trump media stock, raise significant concerns about possible foreknowledge and motives behind the assassination attempt on President Trump. An investigation into these suspicious trades and potential insider knowledge is imperative to uncover the truth behind these alarming events, say researchers. [...] ‘The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error. [...] A lot of people have been sending me information about Austin Private Wealth shorting 12,000,000 shares of Trump Media and Technology Group stock. I just called AJ Wagner, a partner in the firm to ask him if it was true. pic.twitter.com/NWTvvqFIOU — Crowdsource The Truth (@JG_CSTT) July 18, 2024
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-19): A Texas-based investment company has denied trying to short twelve million shares of Trump Media & Technology Group just before the failed assassination attempt on the US presidential candidate, claiming it was a clerical error. [...] The day before, a company called Austin Private Wealth LLC made a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a put option on 12 million shares of $DJT. To outside observers, this looked like a bet that the company's value would go down drastically - as it would if Trump had been killed. [...] "The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error," the company said.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-18): Austin Private Wealth, an investment adviser, said the amount of shorted Trump Media shares reported in its July 12 filing was incorrect. The accurate holding amount was 1,200 shares, not 12 million. [...] Austin Private Wealth is an investment advisory company based in Austin, Texas. Securities and Exchange Commission records show that the firm filed a July 12 report that did show a "put" amount of 12 million on Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., or DJT. (DJT is the company’s stock ticker symbol and the former president’s initials). The report said the put was for the quarter that ended June 30 — several days before the assassination attempt. In a July 17 statement, Austin Private Wealth said the July 12 report reflected its positions on June 28. [...] Austin Private Wealth did not short 12 million shares of Trump Media the day before the former president was targeted in an assassination attempt. We rate that claim False.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-28): United States Austin Private Wealth Shorted Shares of Trump Media & Technology Before ex-President Donald Trump Assassination Attempt on 13th July 2024, Incorrectly Submitted Filing of 12 Million Shares Shorted Instead of 1,200 Shares Shorted to United States SEC, Filing Submitted on 12th July 2024 to Reflect Positions on 28th June 2024, Amended on 16th July 2024 28th July 2024 | Hong Kong United States-based Austin Private Wealth had shorted shares of Trump Media & Technology before ex-President Donald Trump assassination attempt on 13th July 2024, and incorrectly submitted filing of 12 million shares shorted instead of 1,200 shares shorted to the United States SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission). The filing was submitted on 12th July 2024 to reflect Austin Private Wealth’s positions on 28th June 2024, and amended on 16th July 2024. Statement on Incorrect Filing with the SEC (7/17/24) – The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error. No client of APW holds, or has ever held, a put on DJT in the quantity initially reported. The correct holding amount was 12 contracts, or 1,200 shares — not 12 million shares, as was filed in error. In submitting the required report for the second quarter of 2024, a multiplier was applied by a third-party vendor that increased the number of the shares by a multiple of 10,000 for all options contracts (not just DJT).
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-05-02): The CEO of Trump Media urged leading House committee chairmen to investigate eight financial firms over concerns of potentially illicit short selling of DJT, whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump. [...] "To assist in determining whether intra-day short sales of DJT are being approved in violation of [Securities and Exchange Commission] rules, we would encourage you to seek documents and testimony from firms (including several Depository Trust Company members) that facilitate short sales," Nunes wrote in the letter, which was disclosed Thursday by Trump Media in an SEC filing. [...] A spokeswoman for Trump Media in response to that at the time said, "Citadel Securities, a corporate behemoth that has been fined and censured for an incredibly wide range of offenses including issues related to naked short selling, and is world famous for screwing over everyday retail investors at the behest of other corporations, is the last company on earth that should lecture anyone on 'integrity.' "
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-10-01): On March 22, 2024, DWAC shareholders approved the merger with TMTG,[32] which was completed on March 25, 2024. The combined company began trading under the symbol DJT and finished the day with an $8 billion valuation.[8][33] In regulatory filings, Lighthizer and McMahon are listed as independent directors.[34][35] An April 1, 2024, SEC filing revealed that TMTG lost over $58 million in 2023 with only $4 million in advertising revenue from Truth Social.[24][25] Following criticisms about its auditor, BF Borgers, TMTG fired the firm on May 6, 2024, due to regulatory requirements.[36][37][38][39] In May 2024, the company reported a net loss of $327.6 million for the first quarter of 2024 with $770,500 in revenue.[40] In July 2024, TMTG joined the Russell 1000 and Russell 3000 indexes and raised $105 million through the cash exercise of its warrants.[41] On July 12, 2024, one day before the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Austin Private Wealth filed a report indicating that it had shorted 12 million shares of TMTG.[42] Four days later, it amended the filing to 1,200 shares and apologized for its "filing error," which spurred conspiracy theories.[42] [...] - ^ a b Frank Chung (July 19, 2024). "Truth Social stock before Trump shooting was 'filed in error'". news.com.au. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-22): "This logically necessary, yet sensationally unpredictable event, should mean a major reversal for the 'Trump trades' that have fascinated Wall Street analysts since the Biden debate debacle — and even more since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump on July 13," he told investors in a research note.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-08-13): Austin Private Wealth, an affiliate of BlackRock, shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) the day before Trump was assassinated, and was subsequently investigated by the SEC. Austin Private Wealth manages about $1 billion in assets, and its major shareholders include well-known investors such as BlackRock and Vanguard. The coincidence of the short-selling time has aroused market suspicion of insider trading. If the attempt to assassinate Trump succeeds, the stock price of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) will fall sharply. Austin Private Wealth can make huge profits, estimated to be between $696 billion and $1 trillion. However, the company said that the transaction was a registration error and it had no intention of profiting from the tragedy. Austin Private Wealth explained that the short-selling order was placed incorrectly due to a technical malfunction in the trading system. The transaction was made on June 28, made public on July 12, and then corrected after the error was discovered on July 16. It is reported that the SEC is reviewing Austin Private Wealth's internal communications and trading records to determine whether there is any misconduct. If evidence of illegal activity is found, the investigation may result in severe penalties. (decripto)
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-22): There's a conspiracy theory going around: Did a firm linked to George Soros, BlackRock, and the Bush family short the stock for the Trump Media & Technology Group on the day before the attempted Trump assassination? So, is there any truth to this? Former investment banker Carol Roth joins Glenn to explain why there's more to this story. Plus, she gives her take on the CrowdStrike outage, whether Trump would make JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon or BlackRock CEO Larry Fink his Treasury Secretary, and why a President Kamala Harris might be disastrous for the economy. [...] But also, about this so-called short, taking a short position, against Donald J. Trump. A day before the assassination attempt of 7/13. She's been looking into it for us. Carol, welcome. [...] So when you put these two things together, and you look -- it looks like there's so many shares, and it's done in a time period, that looks like it was the -- you know, Friday before the assassination attempt. But really, that was just the filing date. It got very blown out of proposition.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-19): In the days since the alleged attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, attention has turned to uncovering the motives of the gunman. [...] Biden used the term before the attempted assassination of Trump in a call with donors on July 8. Biden specifically said that "it's time to put Trump in the bullseye," according to a campaign source with knowledge of the call. [...] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined comment on a statement that J.D. Vance had made on X after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, where Vance said that Biden’s rhetoric about Trump "led directly" to the shooting.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-09-23): Latest False Fact-checks in Texas Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2024 in a Facebook post: Photo shows missing couple Raymond Peterson and his wife, Sophie. Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2024 in Instagram posts: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. Instagram posts stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: There are nine states "where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet." Instagram posts stated on June 20, 2024 in an Instagram post: "There were 42,000 people diagnosed with (an) STD in Houston" in one week. Threads posts stated on June 8, 2024 in a Threads post: "Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution." Viral image stated on May 28, 2024 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that "Texas SB-4 law is constitutional." [...] Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2024 in Instagram posts: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-19): The $1 billion asset manager Austin Private Wealth, LLC, a financial planning firm in Texas purchased put options worth 12 million shares of Trump Media & Technological Group Corp (NASDAQ: DJT) a day before his assassination attempt. The short position by the asset management firm was taken on Friday, July 12, 2024, and was the largest among those listed. [...] There might be nothing suspicious about the short position on DJT as the market gets millions worth of it every day. It’s just another day in the office but the timing coincides with the assassination attempt. Trump’s media firm is a reasonable target for short attempts due to its weak performance in the markets. [...] However, the put options caused losses to Austin Private Wealth as Trump’s media firm surged in the charts. After the assassination, DJT rose nearly 23% touching a weekly high of $37.38. DJT shares had closed at $30.89 on Friday’s closing bell but spiked in price from Monday onwards.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-26): After an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, which sent shockwaves through the U.S. political landscape, Trump Media (NASDAQ: DJT) shares surged more than 60% in the early trading hours on Monday before retracing by 20% to the valuation of $36.89 at the latest close on July 16. [...] Austin Private Wealth, an asset management firm based in Texas, faced scrutiny after it initially appeared to have shorted 120,000 Trump Media shares on July 12, just before an alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump. [...] Austin Private Wealth attributed the short position to a clerical error in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, which was first recorded on June 30 and amended on July 16.
Claim: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (Instagram posts, 2024-07-18)
Evidence (2024-07-31): Earlier this month, a viral story on the financial news site Finbold reported that Trump Media’s stock (DJT) was "shorted heavily day before assassination attempt." Short selling is a tactic, explained in more detail below, used by investors to profit off a stock’s decline. The story, which has been shared widely across social media, suggests that the allegedly unusual number of shares being sold short "[raise] concerns that some individuals may have had foreknowledge of a plot against former President Trump’s life and sought to profit from the expected turmoil." [...] "The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error," the firm wrote in a statement. "No client of APW holds, or has ever held, a put on DJT in the quantity initially reported. The correct holding amount was 12 contracts, or 1,200 shares — not 12 million shares, as was filed in error. In submitting the required report for the second quarter of 2024, a multiplier was applied by a third-party vendor that increased the number of the shares by a multiple of 10,000 for all options contracts (not just DJT)."