Indicted Chinese Exile Controls Gettr Social Media

An exiled Chinese tycoon indicted in New York in a billion-dollar fraud case controls the rightist social media platform Gettr and used it to promote cryptocurrencies and propaganda, former employees told Joseph Menn of the Washington Post.

Photo Insert: The arrested expatriate, Guo Wengui, and his longtime money manager, William Je, called the shots at the company while Donald Trump's senior adviser Jason Miller was its chief executive and public face.

They said the arrested expatriate, Guo Wengui, and his longtime money manager, William Je, called the shots at the company while Donald Trump's senior adviser Jason Miller was its chief executive and public face.

Miller served in that capacity from before Gettr’s July 4, 2021 launch until this month, when he returned to work on his third Trump presidential campaign.

Gettr doled out tens of thousands of dollars to right-wing figures including Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon, sent money to contractors affiliated with Guo, and altered information on Gettr users that law enforcement agencies had sought, according to the former employees and internal company documents obtained by the Post.

The evidence shows that a man accused of massive fraud on two continents climbed high into Trump’s political sphere and dictated messaging at a social media site that reaches millions of Americans.

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