Trump Replaces Truth Social’s Top Lawyer as Twitter Return Looms

May 19, 2022, 9:45 AM UTC

The company behind former President Donald Trump’s startup social media platform Truth Social has a new top lawyer in former Homeland Security Department official Scott Glabe.

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. has hired Glabe as general counsel, according to a Monday securities filing. The former Husch Blackwell partner replaces Lori Heyer-Bednar, who reportedly was among a group of executives to leave the company as it navigated technical setbacks.

TMTG was formed last year as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter after both social media platforms banned Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. Trump ...

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