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April 20, 2022, 5:12 PM

Hedge Fund Shorts Trump-Tied SPAC After Truth Social ‘Disaster’

Jill R. Shah
Jill R. Shah
Bloomberg News

Hedge fund Kerrisdale Capital Management is betting against the shell company tied to Donald Trump, wagering that it will fail to get regulatory approval to merge with his media company and take it public.

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, have more room to fall, according to a report Wednesday from Kerrisdale announcing its short position. DWAC gave misleading statements in registration documents and the high-profile nature of its potential combination with the former president’s company, Trump Media & Technology Group, is an “ideal way” for regulators to send a message to the broader industry, ...

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