Whistleblower Trump Media executive says firm violated federal securities laws

Wilkerson, who was sacked from his role as senior vice-president for operations last week after speaking to the Washington Post, filed a whistleblower complaint to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August. He backed his complaint with a cache of emails, documents, messages and audio recordings which detail a pattern of rancorous infighting, technical incompetence and power struggles inside Trump Media since its launch last year.

The SEC was already investigating the merger between Trump media and the Spac, Digital World Acquisition Corp, which has been on hold since last October due to civil and criminal investigations as well as lacklustre investor backing.