On Monday, the former president posted on his Truth Social account: “The Fake News Media is devastated at how well the TRUTH is doing. So, of course, they’re working overtime to criticize and denigrate it.” According to Fox Business Network, which first reported the financial troubles on Thursday, Truth Social and its parent company reportedly owed more than $1 million to an Internet infrastructure company, RightForge, which could be forced to take the company to court and offline application. Citing sources familiar with the matter, RightForge is believed to have last received payment from Truth Social in March – about five months after the conservative firm was contracted to provide web hosting infrastructure for Mr Trump’s pro-freedom social media platform. of speech. A RightForge spokesperson told Axios that the company is, however, “committed to serving” Truth Social and its parent company, the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), although it remains unclear how Truth Social will return 1.6 million dollars he allegedly owes. “We’ve been there from the ground floor and we support the President and all of his efforts and are committed to building a free speech based on American ideas on the Internet,” CEO Martin Avila was quoted as saying. The Independent has approached RightForge for comment. Referring to Truth Social, which launched in February this year with several technical difficulties, Mr Trump added that his rabble-rousing social media site was “550 per cent” better than the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago investigation. which was conducted. this month in connection with a Justice Department investigation into classified documents allegedly illegally moved to his Florida estate. “In reality, many of the big guns in Washington, DC are fighting to stop the TRUTH, but they will not be successful,” Trump wrote. “They’re going after the outside financial company and basically anyone who walks and breathes, but they won’t.” In another setback for Mr Trump – who was permanently banned from Twitter for spreading campaign lies ahead of the January 6 Capitol riot before creating his own network – the US Patent and Trademark Office last week refused to register Truth Social. Truth Social also remains unavailable to Android users – nearly half the US mobile phone market – while reports suggest Mr Trump may no longer serve on TMTG’s board amid a federal investigation into possible wrongdoing ahead of a planned merger, as Forbes reported last month. . The Independent has approached Mr Trump for comment.
