evidence: Did short selling for Trump Media "more than double" between July 1 and July 12, 2024, making the stock "plummet one day before the assassination attempt" against the company's co-founder, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The company, which owns the Truth Social platform, saw an upward trend that started on July 10, 2024 -- three days before the shooting at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Posts on social media recycled erroneous financial filings that covered June, not July, and did not show any data specific to short selling. [...] The SEC filing which showed that Austin Private Wealth shorted a large number of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (DJT) was incorrect and we immediately amended it as soon as we learned of the error. [...] In response to a Lead Stories email on July 19, 2024, Austin Private Wealth's chief information security officer, Sarah McNutt, denied that the firm had used short selling or put options for Truth Social in the 12 days predating the assassination attempt on Trump beyond what it had already acknowledged in the corrected filing: