Truth Social fired an executive who dared to tell the truth; that executive now works as a barista at Starbucks and makes $16 an hour.
When asked by the Washington Post about his new job in North Carolina, Will Wilkerson described it as a “honest day’s work.”
Wilkerson, who was 38 at the time, assisted the SEC and its equivalents in Florida and New York City in their probe of Trump’s Media and Technology Group by providing access to over a million documents, including contracts, emails, and private notes.
In 2017, it was stated by a reliable government source that Trump’s company had broken the law on the sale of securities. The former president felt compelled to speak out when he learned that corporate leaders were misleading his loyal small business owners.
Wilkerson apparently lost his job as a result of the incident. Instead of explaining why his statements were called “psychodramas,” however, he was simply discarded.
In a defamation case filed in a Florida circuit court, former Republican congressman and current CEO of a Trump nonprofit Devin Nunes has accused Wilkerson of slander. According to Nunes, after hearing Wilkerson’s remarks, he felt “anxiety,” “insecurity,” “mental anguish,” and “emotional distress.”
Wilkerson worked as Trump’s executive vice president of operations and was instrumental in the establishment of Trump’s Truth Social website.
Truth Social was designed to compete with Twitter, but its developers supposedly butted heads and experienced serious technological issues when trying to impress Donald Trump.
According to Wilkerson, “one day, you know, [Trump] would be in a very, very good mood.” His temper would flare the day after he read some newspaper indignation. There was nothing for it but to try and establish contact with the disruptor.
Wilkerson provided investigators with access to the senior employee’s and co-founder Andy Litinsky’s email correspondence. The tabloid alleges that Litinsky lost his job because he wouldn’t let then-First Lady Trump look at his multimillion-dollar investment portfolio.
Trump paid a 90% premium over the company’s worth for the privilege of using his brand and employing its workers.
Wilkerson says he tried to find work elsewhere after being fired.
He was contacted the day after he applied at Starbucks.
The Starbucks inside a Harris Teeter in a North Carolina town is where he got his barista certification, according to the tale. He always wears the same green apron to work, and he arrives promptly at 5:30.
Wilkerson said, “I enjoy my profession because it helps others.
My choice was not made quickly.His exact words were “I knew there were risks, especially when it came to retaliation,” but I think you get the idea. However, even if I had been offered a large sum of money to remain silent, I seriously doubt that I would have complied.
His words, quoted from an interview with the Washington Post, were, “I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere.” All he wanted to do, he said, was the right thing.
When asked about his history, he remarked, “I don’t scream from the rooftops here about my past and the fact that I was a whistleblower.” Wilkerson didn’t want word to go out that he’d reported wrongdoing.
If the SEC takes action against Trump’s company, Wilkerson may get millions of dollars under the whistleblower incentive program.
A representative for Trump Media, Shannon Devine, responded to the Washington Post article by saying, “This report rehashes already discredited hit pieces, defamatory allegations, and false statistics about Truth Social’s record levels of traffic.”
In addition to Wilkerson’s claim, there have been others filed against Trump and the Republican Party for their role in his re-election.
In recent days, a grand jury in Manhattan indicted Trump on charges that he paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels hush money to keep her quiet before the 2016 election.
Investigators are also looking into whether or not he stole classified information after resigning from government and whether or not he took part in the US Capitol Riots on January 6, 2021.
In addition, a court is now hearing a case concerning sexual assault charges filed by Jean Carroll against Trump in the spring of 1996.
Trump has always denied any wrongdoing, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.