Bondi sold at least 1 million US dollars to Trump media shares on “Liberation Day”, as documents show

Attorney General Pam Bondi sold shares worth at least 1 million US dollars on the company, the truth -social social on the day on which President Trump announced his comprehensive tariff measures.

Bondi's participation in the company Trump Media was a value between 1 million and 5.5 million US dollars at the time of sales, which took place on April 2, on which Mr. Trump called “Liberation Day”, in which he took place on April 2. announced his far -reaching tariffs On goods that were imported from all countries, according to the document received by CBS News on Wednesday.

The day after the sale, the value of the stock fell by more than ten percent before recovery. The Trump Media share was sold the highest for 52 US dollars, but was closed on Wednesday at $ 26 per share.

In a financial disclosure in December, Bondi said that she had held shares in Trump media who were worth over 3.9 million US dollars at that time, shares that she had received as compensation for advisory services for the company.

The Ministry of Justice did not immediately answer questions about the sale and its time, which was first reported by Prublica.

The Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Mr. Trumps Social Networking Site Truth Social, said that it lost 400.9 million US dollars in 2024, while annual sales decreased by $ 3.6 million.

The company, which is traded with Mr. Trump's initial DJT underneath, said that a “significant part” of his decline in sales was caused by changing an income participation contract with an advertising partner that it did not reveal.

After winning the presidential election in November, Mr. Trump transferred all of his shares in December – worth around 4 billion US dollars on paper – as a “disgusting gift” to Donald J. Trump's revocable trust. Mr. Trump's shares amounted to more than half of the company's shares.

Donald Trump Jr.The oldest of the president's five children is the only trustee and has sole voting and investment power over all securities that belong to the trust.

Mr. Trump created the truth to create the social affairs for truth after he was excluded after January 6, 2021, Capitol, after January 6, 2021. He Has since then was set back on both.

In February, X paid for the billionaire Elon Musk in the possession of the billionaire Elon Musk – who is leading the efficiency of the government of the White House and was a great donor for Mr. Trump's presidential campaign – 10 million US dollars to settle a lawsuit that was submitted to Mr. Trump on suspension.

In January Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Paid $ 25 million to enclose a similar lawsuit.