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DeSantis Data Chief Was Fired & Sued for Diverting Profits, Stealing Docs, & Computer Fraud
The National Pulse ^ | September 15, 2023 | JACK MONTGOMERY

Posted on 09/15/2023 4:54:47 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

Chris Wilson, Head of Data at Ron DeSantis’s Never Back Down super PAC, was fired and sued by his former employer, Qorvis Communications, which accused him and his wife of diverting profits by secretly billing clients directly, and stealing some 28,000 confidential files to help establish a rival firm. An arbitration concluded, in 2008, that Wilson had to pay the firm a sum of $366,037.72 for a breach of his contractual duty of loyalty:

In its complaint, Qorvis alleged that Wilson, along with others, conspired to form their own business in the fall of 2003 and thereafter “proceeded to divert lucrative business opportunities to themselves and divide hundreds of thousands of dollars in proceeds among themselves.” It also alleged that Wilson and others “downloaded over 14 gigabytes (28,404 individual files) of Qorvis’ highly confidential and proprietary information” for purposes of pursuing the new endeavor. The 16-count complaint contended that Wilson breached the 2003 employment agreement, breached his duty of loyalty and duty to maintain confidentiality of employer information, interfered with contractual and business relationships between Qorvis and others, misappropriated trade secrets, converted Qorvis’ property and trade secrets for his own commercial use, and committed computer fraud.

Wilson recently expressed irritation when his polling company, WPA Intelligence, was exposed for placing an article in Newsweek, promoting an anti-Trump poll without disclosing that he works directly for DeSantis’s super PAC.

Wilson also worked as a data guru for Ted Cruz’s failed presidential campaign in 2016, as well as for anti-Trump Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), anti-Trump Senator Kevin Cramer (ND), and RINO Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia. He has also worked for the failed campaigns of Martha McSally in Arizona, Adam Laxalt and Dean Heller in Nevada, as well as Matt Rosendale in Montana.

While at Qorvis, one of Wilson’s roles was to assist Saudi Arabia in its efforts to rehabilitate its image following 9/11, which involved 15 Saudi hijackers, some with links to the Saudi government.

Pfizer was another “major client” of Wilson’s firm, who is also reported to have “worked closely” with Karl Rove, a Bush-world RINO and Never Trumper.

Wilson’s partner and chief operating officer Bryan Allen, who contributes the ‘A’ to WPA Intelligence, is an alumnus of Public Opinion Strategies (POS), an even more controversial DeSantis pollster with links to Rove, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and even George Soros.

Allen is also an anti-Trump partisan, accusing the former president of “going full infowars on 9-11” and alleging the only difference between him and Bernie Sanders is that “Bernie really believes the crap that comes out of his mouth.”

Such sentiments are common at WPA Intelligence, with Chief Research Officer Trevor Smith claiming that Trump “is the establishment” and that his election fundraising is a “scam”, for example.

Wilson is currently being sued by his ex-wife Kathryn, who alleges “he ripped off a data software, Archimedes, that they built together when they were married, but that she acquired in the divorce. She is claiming that the version he’s using now to collect data on voters, Bonfire, is just a modification of Archimedes and she’s demanding that he stop using it, along with other damages.”


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1 posted on 09/15/2023 4:54:47 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Bad hiring decisions...He picked thieves!


2 posted on 09/15/2023 5:13:32 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SoConPubbie

RE: for DeSantis, also Ted Cruz, Gov. Kevin Stitt (OK), Sen. Kevin Cramer (ND), and RINO Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia. f Martha McSally in Arizona, Adam Laxalt and Dean Heller in Nevada, as well as Matt Rosendale in Montana. Plus Karl Rove.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wREBD2og5iY


3 posted on 09/15/2023 5:14:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: dragnet2
Bad hiring decisions...He picked thieves!

At least DeSantis fires his bad hires.

Trump could learn a thing or two from him.

4 posted on 09/15/2023 5:15:23 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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To: Drew68

Chris Wilson, Head of Data at Ron DeSantis’s was fired and sued by his former employer, not Mr. DiSaster.


5 posted on 09/15/2023 5:19:17 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
Chris Wilson, Head of Data at Ron DeSantis’s was fired and sued by his former employer, not Mr. DiSaster.

Maybe he wasn't a bad hire after all? Appears to be a shrewd businessman.

My point still stands.

6 posted on 09/15/2023 5:21:45 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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To: Drew68
Ron DeSantis for President.

Hey, your tagline...Yukyuk..You're hard core Drew.

7 posted on 09/15/2023 5:27:08 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
Hey, your tagline...Yukyuk..Your hard core Drew.

Indeed, it's nice to support a candidate for president that didn't require me to abandon every conservative principle that I've ever held.

Now I think I'm gonna go watch Trump's interview with Megyn Kelly again. I need some laughs.

8 posted on 09/15/2023 5:29:36 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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To: Drew68
Maybe he wasn't a bad hire after all?

You bet, he was an excellent hire for Ron! Look what he did for his campaign!


9 posted on 09/15/2023 5:29:45 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Ron DeSantis is a loser. Donald J. Trump is a winner. I say so.


10 posted on 09/15/2023 5:30:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SoConPubbie

Say it ain’t so.
DeSaintUs Hired a thief?


11 posted on 09/15/2023 5:33:06 PM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: Drew68
Bad hiring decisions...He picked thieves!

At least DeSantis fires his bad hires.

Trump could learn a thing or two from him.

 

Yeah. Like maybe not give bid hires a Presidential Commendation.

12 posted on 09/15/2023 5:39:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Chris Wilson, Head of Data at Ron DeSantis’s was fired and sued by his former employer, not Mr. DeSaster.


13 posted on 09/15/2023 5:40:50 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2; SoConPubbie

So Some Con Pubbie lied?

Hardly news.


14 posted on 09/15/2023 5:49:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: SoConPubbie

Based on some information I have gathered (at no small cost to myself) it seems like Chris Wilson had crap lawyers. Of course, I am not sure in which state the Q-orvis outfit operated.


15 posted on 09/15/2023 5:50:26 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: dragnet2

The name rings a bell.....was there a scandal about him a few years ago?


16 posted on 09/15/2023 6:23:26 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SoConPubbie

But he only hires the best /s


17 posted on 09/15/2023 9:58:50 PM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: newzjunkey
But he only hires the best /s

Yea, that was a favorite Narrative of the DeSanctimonious Trolls wasn't it!?!?!?
18 posted on 09/15/2023 10:49:19 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: SoConPubbie

This is a fake story planted by the nefarious Trump campaign. There is no such person named Chris Wilson who worked with the DeSantis campaign. Ron is a Yogi trained by the Wise Men of the East, and cannot fail.


19 posted on 09/16/2023 1:10:13 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("Our hearts are restless, Oh Lord, until they rest in thee"- St. Augustine)
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To: tennmountainman
"Say it ain’t so. DeSaintUs Hired a thief?"
Unlike the perfect man, who never has never ever made a mistake in his underlings, advisors, or Vice President. It's very hard to be so perfect, almost Christlike.
20 posted on 09/16/2023 3:40:50 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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