Ok folks, buckle up for this one because it’s wild!
We’re talking finance, but I promise you it will NOT be boring.
First, a little education session…
When you think a stock is going to go down, you can “short it” to make money on the way down.
Most people know that.
If you want to make even more money by using more leverage, you can buy “puts” and you’ll make a lot more money if you’re right about it going down.
One other thing….stock ticker symbol $DJT is the stock that owns TruthSocial (Trump’s company).
Now, let’s say you were the Deep State and you planned to assassinate a President. Let’s also say that President owned a large social media company whose success was largely tied to his success. So much so that ticker symbol was $DJT. Then let’s assume you wanted to assassinate that President and make several hundred million dollars while doing it.
What would you do?
You’d by a crap-ton of puts on $DJT.
So did anyone do that?
Let me introduce you to Austin Private Wealth LLC.
According to public filings, they reported that they shorted 12,000,000 shares of $DJT via puts!!
That would qualify as a “crap-ton”.
Take a look:
A company named Austin Private Wealth LLC shorted 12,000,000 shares of $DJT through a put option.
The filing date was July 12th, the day before the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
They manage approximately $1 billion in assets, and this is by far their largest put… pic.twitter.com/GzPD9vxzMm
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) July 17, 2024
A company named Austin Private Wealth LLC shorted 12,000,000 shares of $DJT through a put option.
The filing date was July 12th, the day before the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
ADVERTISEMENTThey manage approximately $1 billion in assets, and this is by far their largest put option.
The next closest was Citadel Advisors with 16,770 shares.
Austin Private Wealth LLC, a financial services company, is connected to the Bush family through James A. Baker III, a former Secretary of State and close Bush family associate.
James A. Baker III serves as a Senior Policy Director at Austin Private Wealth LLC.
He has been with the company since its inception in 2006, advising on foreign policy and international relations.
George H.W. Bush: He was a client of Austin Private Wealth LLC and received investment advice from the firm.
George W. Bush: He has spoken at Austin Private Wealth LLC’s events and has been involved in the company’s charitable initiatives.
Here’s a snapshot of the filing:
My friend Mike Adams the Health Ranger was also on the story:
Here's the relevant data from https://t.co/QozIHQ8TXQ, showing the astonishingly huge short position ("put") filed on July 12th by Austin Private Wealth, LLC against Trump Media & Technology Group, Corp, for an astonishing 12,000,000 shares. This would have generated a windfall… pic.twitter.com/3pSDXl43vv
— HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) July 17, 2024
Kyle Becker reports there are strong BlackRock and Vanguard ties with Austin Private Wealth LLC — although to be fair, almost everything in the financial industry is in one way or another closely tied to Vanguard and BlackRock (which is most of the problem):
Vanguard (Soros) and BlackRock are among the largest holders in Austin Private Wealth LLC pic.twitter.com/LzVU9ihqGv
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 18, 2024
Now since we’re talking finance, we might as well go to one of the top finance guys out there, my friend Meet Kevin who actually covered this topic early this morning on his Stock Market Open livestream.
Starting at the 22:11 mark, someone asks him about it and he looks into it live on the stream….
I don’t want to put words in his mouth, which is why I’m giving you the video below so you can watch for yourself (it should start right at 22:11) but he basically concludes by the end: “yeah, that does seem really weird”.
Watch here:
In the interest of fair and accurate reporting, now we have to go to the company itself who released a statement correcting the record and basically claiming this was just an “error” in their filing.
You can see the statement below:
Statement on incorrect filing from Austin Private Wealth, LLC
“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… pic.twitter.com/306kdFRutF— Wolf of My Street🏡 (@Ryan__Rigg) July 18, 2024
FULL IMAGE:
They basically say it was error in the number.
So they DID actually purchase puts on $DJT, just not 12 million shares worth. They claim it was only 1,200 shares. Basically, some how the error multiplied the number by 10,000 times. Very strange.
Other sources are reporting that not only did they short $DJT, they also shorted Rumble ($RUM) — a closely related company and one that would likely move similarly to $DJT.
Oh my:
Not only did Austin Private Wealth short 12 million shares of Trump's $DJT stock before his attempted assassination, but they also shorted 34 million shares of Rumble at exactly the same time.
In addition to a connection to the Bush family through James A. Baker, the largest… pic.twitter.com/R7QQvF7OZ0
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) July 18, 2024
So….was it just an error? Just a glitch? Just a typo? Just a multiplier oopsie-doopsie?
One hell of a time and place to have a “glitch” is all I can say.
Not saying it wasn’t, just saying that is one hell of a really bad glitch.
What the fuck https://t.co/omb9AU1VKl
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) July 18, 2024
Others report the Investment Firm has strong ties to the Bush family:
𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Austin Private Wealth with CONNECTIONS to the Bush family shorted 12M shares of $DJT via a put option on July 12, just ONE DAY before the assassination attempt.
Did the Bush's know something was going to happen to Donald Trump?
This massive trade represents… https://t.co/BWJ1fAqn8O pic.twitter.com/kxnupNxSwW
— legislation (@legislationpage) July 18, 2024
𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Austin Private Wealth with CONNECTIONS to the Bush family shorted 12M shares of $DJT via a put option on July 12, just ONE DAY before the assassination attempt.
Did the Bush’s know something was going to happen to Donald Trump?
This massive trade represents 6% of total shares and over 16% of the float, given Trump’s 60% ownership.
Their $1B AUM makes this a significant bet.
Austin Private Wealth is connected to the Bush family through James A. Baker III, a Senior Policy Director with longstanding ties to the Bushes, having served as Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush and in various roles under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.
George W. Bush has strongly shared his support AGAINST Trump despite everything happening in our country.
While these connections don’t imply direct involvement, they highlight significant professional relationships..
Conclusion?
I think we have to take them at their word that it was just a “multiplier glitch”. Very strange. Incredibly bad timing for that particular glitch to have happened.
Also, the entire story wasn’t wrong, they did short $DJT, just not that much.
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