(07-29-2024, 11:34 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 10:39 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Austin Private Wealth never had a massive short on DJT.  It was reported incorrectly in a regulatory filing.  

It's also not true that Austin Private Wealth is owned by Blackrock or any other large institution.

PolitiFact | No, Austin Private Wealth did not short 12 million shares of Trump Media on July 12, 2024

After the assassination attempt, they filed a report saying it was a software error. They put the short in on the 12th and amended it on the 16th. Sure, it could be a just a software error, but it IS a coincidence.

Btw. did you watch the video? She said that Austin Private Wealth is not owned by Blackrock. She debunks that.

The connection there is James Baker, old as he is now, being associated with Austin Private Wealth.  From the little bit of their history that I ran across, James had advised Trump to return to the political center in a previous Presidential campaign, but Trump ignored him.  Baker also apparently considered voting for Biden in 2020, but ultimately did not citing the need for the party to control the executive branch so that conservative judges could be appointed among other things.  He was quoted as saying he would not leave his party even if its current leader had strayed from party principles.

It's enough of a coincidence that should give anyone pause even with the explanation after the fact.  I find it difficult to believe that Baker or Austin Private Wealth would draw attention to themselves in such a way.  If Baker knew of a government plot against Trump, why on earth would he so publicly try to profit from it knowing the connection would be easy to make.  I also find it very odd that of all the Advisory firms out there that could make this filing "mistake" at the precise moment it was made, it's the one that has a former government official such as Baker associated with it.   What are the odds?

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