- Real America’s Voice was once an also-ran in the conservative news business. But it is now the key link between President Trump’s company—Trump Media & Technology Group—and his most prominent boosters in the media. With its spot in the White House press pool, RAV has gone from being an upstart TV network founded by a man once convicted of mortgage fraud to walking the halls of power. For this story, Fortune spoke to six former employees who worked for RAV’s parent company and its subsidiaries and we contacted eight police departments and nine courthouses to obtain police reports and court rulings.
Brian Glenn looked across the Oval Office, hoping to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s gaze. Between the two men sat President Donald Trump. The leader of the free world cocked his head inquisitively, eager to hear what Glenn, the White House correspondent for the conservative news channel Real America’s Voice, wanted to ask Zelensky.
Trump and Zelensky had just taken part in one of the most public, if utterly hostile, displays of high-stakes international diplomacy in recent memory. The president had berated Zelensky for not engaging in peace talks with Russia, a once-steadfast alliance crumbling before the cameras. Now, having finally met Zelensky’s eyes, Glenn posed his query.
“Why don’t you wear a suit?” Glenn asked from the right side of the Oval Office, his view of Zelensky partially obstructed by a large eggshell lampshade. “You’re at the highest level in this country’s office … and you refuse to wear a suit. Do you own a suit?”
