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April 11, 2025

Democrats to Investigate Trump Allies for Insider Trading over Tariffs
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In Washington, D.C., Senators Adam Schiff and Rubén Gallego have called
for a federal investigation into possible insider trading in Trump's
White House related to his tariffs orders. This is Senator Schiff.

Sen. Adam Schiff: "You may have seen early in the day Trump tweet this:
Now this is a good time to buy. So, the question is, between that tweet
and Donald Trump's announcement that he was reducing the tariffs on most
of the nations, apart from China - the question is: Who knew what the
president was going to do? And did people around the president trade
stock, knowing the incredible gyration the market was about to go
through?"

Among those facing scrutiny is far-right congressmember and close Trump
ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who invested some $750,000 in U.S. Treasury
bonds in the weeks leading up to Trump's so-called Liberation Day when
he announced his global tariffs.


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