Wendy Siegelman

@wendysiegelman
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Brittany Kaiser is CEO of AlphaTon which has now called Alpha Compute Corp (symbol ALP)

The strategic focus is on "Scalable, AI Confidential Computing Infrastructure, leaning into its success with AI Confidential Computing for Telegram and other Clients"

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/20/3276894/0/en/alphaton-capital-rebrands-as-alpha-compute-corp-to-reflect-its-growing-ai-compute-business.html

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Trump Media & Technology Group has appointed Kevin McGurn as interim CEO, replacing Devin Nunes

McGurn was an advisor to Trump Media, and runs several other companies involving the Trump family and Trump Media investor Yorkville Advisors

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/21/3278552/0/en/trump-media-technology-group-appoints-kevin-mcgurn-as-interim-chief-executive-officer.html

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Opens Sweeping Investigation into “U.S. Special Envoy for Peace” Jared Kushner’s Foreign Entanglements and Staggering Conflicts of Interest

Raskin Warns Kushner’s Dual Role as U.S. Negotiator in the Middle East and Financier Funded by Middle Eastern Governments Poses Grave National Security Risks and Likely Violates Federal Law

#JaredKushner #Kushner

https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-opens-sweeping-investigation-into-us-special-envoy-for-peace-jared-kushner-s-foreign-entanglements-and-staggering-conflicts-of-interest

Ranking Member Raskin Opens Sweeping Investigation into “U.S. Special Envoy for Peace” Jared Kushner’s Foreign Entanglements and Staggering Conflicts of Interest

Washington, D.C. (April 17, 2026)—Rep.

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats
NEWS: An ICE contractor settled a detainee abuse case in January, 2025. Weeks later, it received the first of over half a billion dollars in federal contracts. Then, the company's Chief Technology Officer was indicted for making terroristic threats related to his sports gambling.

Incredible reporting by @ZarinaZabrisky about the horrors of an underreported genocide taking place now in Oleshki, a Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region since 2022

Survivors describe a drone siege zone, mined roads, no power or food "It is hell"

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/16/escaping-the-drone-siege-in-the-humanitarian-catastrophe-of-oleshki/

Escaping the Drone Siege in the Humanitarian Catastrophe of Oleshki

Zarina Zabrisky speaks to Ukrainians about the horrors of an underreported genocide taking place right now in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region

Byline Times

FinCEN imposes $80M in penalties against Canaccord Genuity for violations related to providing trading services to stock scammers and work with a fixer tied to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and to Konstantin Malofeyev who funded Russian separatism in Crimea, my latest:

https://newstracs.com/fincen-penalties-against-canaccord-tied-to-sanctioned-russian-oligarchs/2026/03/30/

$80M Canaccord penalties tied to work with Russian Oligarch fixer

$80M in penalties against Canaccord Genuity for violations related to stock scammers and helping fixer for sanctioned Russian oligarchs.

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Update on my 2024 story on Jared Kushner's investment in UK Amazon aggregator firm Unybrands which he met through former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann - last October his firm Affinity wrote off $171 mil in debt and converted it to shares.

Other investors included Morebath Ltd, firm linked to Mark Denning, and Kokkuhoideur owned by Finnish noble family the Ehrnrooths.

Affinity holds stakes in other UK companies - Revolut, a fintech firm that became a bank and OakNorth bank.

https://observer.co.uk/news/business/article/kushners-170m-bad-bet-on-obscure-british-amazon-aggregator

A detailed breakdown of Donald Trump's net worth - $6.5 billion in assets

$1.4 billion added in the past year
$2.1 billion from crypto and liquid assets

An excellent detailed tracker from Dan Alexander and Kyle khan-Mullins at Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/article/the-definitive-networth-of-donaldtrump/

The Definitive Net Worth Of Donald Trump

What’s Donald Trump really worth? Forbes looks at everything on his balance sheet—including crypto, Truth Social and real estate—to determine the answer.

Forbes

A major refinery in Ireland - Aughinish Alumina - feeds into aluminum supply chain of Russian weapons manufacturers arming Putin’s forces to attack Ukraine

Irish refinery Aughinish Alumina's parent company is United Company Rusal founded by Oleg Deripaska

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/inside-the-aluminum-supply-chain-linking-irish-industry-to-russian-rockets

Inside the Supply Chain Funneling Irish Alumina to Russian Rockets

Leaked transaction data reveals how a major refinery in Ireland feeds into the aluminum supply chain of Russian weapons manufacturers arming Putin’s forces as they attack Ukraine.

OCCRP

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners investment firm just filed a disclosure showing over $6 billion in assets under management for 6 clients in 2025 (compared to $4.8B in 2024 and $3B in 2023), my latest:

https://newstracs.com/jared-kushners-affinity-partners-investment-firm-filed-a-disclosure-showing-over-six-billion-aum/2026/03/23/

New update on Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners recent filing

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners filed a disclosure showing over $6 billion in assets under management, up over $1 billion from prior year.

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