but, elon musk has said, okay, if i don t if you don t accept this deal, then i m probably going to divest in the shares that i have. i mean, twitter is a dying business model in that it is basically written off half the population and people that have the most followers rarely tweet. so wouldn t there be something inside twitter where they would say na, if we deny this we are digging our own grave. they should be thinking that way. i think they would be arguably a strong betrayal of fiduciary duty if they turn down his offer. they should take the money and run if they re looking at maximizing values there are other agendas at work. i use the word managerial class it s not just in the private sector it s public sector too. if someone takes over twitter the government can t use twitter back door censor to silence political speech. government can not take down through the front door of the constitution. mark my words here there is a reasonable chance we will see fec complaints and go
executive director of this 501(c)(3) complaints, did you file yes, we filed fec complaints in addition to others. who made the decision to file these complaints? i was the executive director. i believe i signed all, if not all did you make the sole decision to file these complaints or were you directed i was not directed. you did that on your own? yes. we were an independent nonpartisan 501(c)(3). ethics watch dog. did you file any f.e.c. complaints against any republicans? as i sit here today, i don t recall. all of our complaints are posted online. thank you, mr. whitaker. i would like to ask for unanimous consent to make part of the record the restriction of political campaign intervention by section 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations and it reads under the internal revenue code all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from
there are two separate types. i don t have the 99 filings but you worked there from 2014 to 2017 and you were the executive director? yes, i was. but you don t know if i was a private or public. i haven t worked for fact for 16 months and my preparation for this oversight, i didn t review the filings so i don t know i don t know mr. whitaker, thank you. were there only three board members in this 501(c)(3)? i believe yes, there were three board members. william gustav, matt corkry and matthew whitaker, correct. yes. you filed numerous fec complaints while working there? all of our complaints were posted online were they fec complaints, mr. whitaker? we file many different types of complaints do you file fec complaints? it s very you worked as the
yes, yes. we filed fec complaints in addition to others. who made the decision to file them. i was the executive director, i believe i signed all if not all of them. did you make the sole decision to file them or were you directed by no, i was not directed. you did that on your own? yeah we were independent nonpartisan ethics watchdog. yes. did you file any fec complaints against any republicans? as i sit here today i don t recall, but all of our complaints are posted online. i would like to ask for unanimous consent to make part of the restriction of political campaign prevention, and it reads under the internal revenue code all section 501c3 organization rgs prohibited from