Citadel Securities blasts Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes over DJT short selling letter

• Citadel Securities ripped Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes for a letter he sent the Nasdaq Stock Market which mentioned Citadel Securities and other major market companies after warning of possible illegal short sale trading in DJT shares.
• "Devin Nunes is the proverbial loser who tries to blame 'naked short selling' for his falling stock price," a spokesperson for Citadel Securities said of the former Republican congressman.
• Citadel Securities' founder and non-executive chairman is Ken Griffin, who has been a major donor to GOP candidates.
• Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is the largest shareholder in Trump Media.

Citadel Securities ripped Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Friday for a letter he sent the Nasdaq Stock Market which mentioned Citadel Securities and other major market companies after warning of possible illegal short sale trading in DJT shares.

"Devin Nunes is the proverbial loser who tries to blame 'naked short selling' for his falling stock price," said a spokesperson for Citadel Securities.

Citadel Securities' founder and non-executive chairman Ken Griffin is a major donor to Republican candidates — among them the former GOP congressman Nunes.

"Nunes is exactly the type of person Donald Trump would have fired on The Apprentice," said the spokesperson referring to the former Republican president's business competition reality TV show.

"If he [Nunes] worked for Citadel Securities, we would fire him, as ability and integrity are at the center of everything we do," the spokesperson added.

A spokeswoman for Trump Media told CNBC in response: "Citadel Securities, a corporate behemoth that has been fined and censured for an incredibly wide range of offenses including issues related to