'Probably illegal rumors': Trump calls for investigations -- to protect his interests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump is the majority shareholder in DJT, the Trump Media & Technology Group that holds his Truth Social social media company.
45% : "The federal government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW, Friday warned: "As a publicly traded company, Truth Social offers even more ways for foreign governments, special interests and wealthy donors to personally enrich Trump as they endeavor to curry favor with him and his administration."
40% : "If Trump were to sell shares from his DJT holdings, that "would likely further depress the price of Trump Media's shares," NPR reported in September.
16% : In his call for an investigation, Trump on Friday wrote: "There are fake, untrue, and probably illegal rumors and/or statements made by, perhaps, market manipulators or short sellers, that I am interested in selling shares of Truth.

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