---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-005272"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DJT"
cik: "0001849635"
company_name: "Trump Media & Technology Group Corp."
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T09:28:11.200760+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trump Media appoints former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to board; Kash Patel resigns as FBI Director

## Summary
- David Bernhardt appointed to TMTG board, replacing Kash Patel who resigned upon Senate confirmation as FBI Director.
- Bernhardt served as 53rd U.S. Interior Secretary (2019-2021) with over a decade at the department.
- CEO Devin Nunes thanked Patel for contributions and noted Bernhardt's background will aid M&A exploration.
- Board determined Bernhardt qualifies as independent director under Nasdaq and Sarbanes-Oxley standards.
- Bernhardt will receive standard prorated cash retainer and equity compensation for non-employee directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-005272
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DJT
- cik: 0001849635
- company_name: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036125005272/0001140361-25-005272-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036125005272/ef20044053_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-005272
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-005272.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kashyap Patel resigned as Director at Trump Media & Technology Group Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 20, 2025, Kashyap “Kash” Patel resigned from the Board, upon his confirmation by the U.S. Senate as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036125005272/0001140361-25-005272-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Bernhardt was appointed as Director at Trump Media & Technology Group Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 20, 2025, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (the “ Company ”) appointed David Bernhardt as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036125005272/0001140361-25-005272-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.