A most disturbing story is circulating the Internet which first came to light on the “X” (formerly Twitter) social media platform. The allegations of the story took people back in time to September 11, of 2001 when “put options” or “short selling” was done to airline stocks of the jetliners that would later be involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The story goes that the day before the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, an investment company by the name of Austin Private Wealth (APW) LLC made a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a put option on 12 million shares of $DJT stock. This company, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., was created for “Truth” social media platform in 2021 after President Donald Trump was banned from Twitter and other social media platforms. To even the untrained eye, this looked like an obvious bet the value of $DJT stock was about to go down drastically as it would if President Trump had been killed the very next day.
One Internet sleuth on “X” (formerly Twitter) who goes by Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) took screenshots from a Bloomberg terminal showing the company’s put option, which then disappeared later in the day. The Texas-based investment company has since denied trying to short sell twelve million shares of Trump Media & Technology Group stock just before the failed assassination attempt on the US presidential candidate, claiming it was a clerical error.
Wednesday, APW posted a statement on their website home page seeking to dispel these viral discussions of social media platforms.
“Statement on Incorrect Filing with the SEC – 7/17/2024
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). We did not catch the error before approving the filing.
We filed the report on July 12 to reflect our positions on June 28. We amended it on July 16.
We deeply regret this error and the concern it has caused, especially at such a fraught moment for our nation. We are committed to full transparency and maintaining the trust of our clients. As such, we are reviewing our internal procedures and our processes with the third-party vendor that assists with SEC filings to better understand how this happened and avoid similar issues moving forward.”
The “X” account of the “Wall Street Apes” (@WallStreetApes) decided to make a humorous use of an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called Grok related to this story development. They posted:
“I asked Grok ‘What are the odds the shooter in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump was also featured in a video posted by BlackRock on their social media account?’
According to artificial intelligence. The odds are extremely low, 0.01%
It was an inside job.”
The video they were referencing was a BlackRock commercial ad filmed in 2022 that featured the assassin Thomas Matthews Crooks as a high school student. BlackRock took their ad down after the attempted assassination, which they denounced as “abhorrent” and “awful” but TheThinkingConservative.com has a copy on our YouTube Channel.
“Blackrock Video Featuring: Thomas Matthew Crooks”
The joke here is that Austin Private Wealth (APW) LLC had major holdings in Vanguard and BlackRock funds with links back to George Soros, the Rothschild family and other well-known names as well.
REVEALED: The firm that took the suspicious and enormous bet against President Trump’s Truth Social stock ($DJT) ONE DAY before the assassination attempt is Austin Private Wealth LLC, majority held by George Soros’ Vanguard and BlackRock.
— DiedSuddenly (@DiedSuddenly_) July 18, 2024
Coincidentally, BlackRock, the party… https://t.co/JbRi7aC4Db pic.twitter.com/ipHT63xH6J
Even though it has not been easy, we have found at least 3 videos on this story related to the $DJT stock. Here are 2 more worth viewing.
“Put options placed on Donald Trump stock (DJT) a day before the assassination by Cheney and Bush?!” – The Facterologist
“Someone Shorted Trump’s Stock Just Before The Assassination Attempt!” – Jimmy Dore Show
CONCLUSION:
There are two old adage expressions that apply here:
“Ill-begotten gains which are gains that someone obtains in a dishonest or illegal way.”
“Blood money which is money obtained at the cost of another’s life.”
Anyone involved last week in the short selling of the DJT stock did not profit as much as planned since President Donald J. Trump lived. On the first day of trading after the assassination attempt, the $DJT stock price jumped from $31.25 to $46.17 a share, before later pulling back to just above $37 a share.
If the FBI is still a functioning law enforcement office of our Federal Government, this news story should make it easy for them to get to the bottom of who was behind the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. But, if they are compromised, I am sure a number of patriotic vigilantes are ready to step up to determine who was behind it by this investment transaction.
Since the 20 year old assassin, Thomas Matthews Crooks, left behind virtually no social media presence, manifesto, or any apparent reasons why he wanted President Donald Trump dead, it is safe to assume he was a patsy in a bigger picture. It is time to look at that big picture.
Copyright © 2024 by Mark S. Schwendau
