Jacob Wohl

Jacob Wohl, a former hedge fund manager and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist, has been connected with the alleged sexual assault claims against special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller, in concert, has asked the FBI to look into allegations that someone was offering money to women in exchange for making false sexual assault allegations against him. According to NBC News, Wohl was involved with the “alleged plot” of John Burkman, a conservative radio host who has been at the root of the allegations against Mueller, promoting them via his Facebook page and declaring that he would release the name of the “first accuser” against Mueller on Thursday, November 1. Wohl was connected to Burkman’s “plot” via a firm called “Surefire Intelligence.” The Hill Reporter claimed that a representative named Mike Wilcox called them and “threatened” them, demanding that they “stop communicating with” the woman who had originally contacted them regarding the bribery. Then, Burkman told The Hill Reporter that Wohl runs Surefire Intelligence. The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer posted a side-by-side photo of Jacob Wohl with the photo of “Matthew Cohen,” the identity named as the head of Surefire Intelligence, the firm tied to the Mueller allegations. The photos are almost indisputably the same. Wohl has denied being involved with Surefire, but NBC News reported that Surefire’s office phone number redirects to Wohl’s mother’s voicemail. Wohl is also a writer for The Gateway Pundit, a far-right site known for propagating conspiracy theories. Wohl, a former ‘Wohl of Wall Street’ wunderkind hedge fund manager, was ordered to cease and desist his work in March of 2017, after being accused of violating Arizona’s securities laws. Wohl was accused of 14 counts of fraudulent activity. In March 2018, Wohl was banned for life by the National Futures Association for failure to cooperate with the organization in its investigation. Wohl’s father, David Wohl, is a notable Pro-Trump legal and political analyst.