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This is vaguely like insider trading. He knew something was bad, based on privileged information he had from the government, and told a small group, who had bri
by a3n 7y ago
This is vaguely like insider trading. He knew something was bad, based on privileged information he had from the government, and told a small group, who had bribed him with campaign donations, so that they could "benefit." Meanwhile, publicly, he said things weren't so bad.
- a3n 7y agoWell actually, no, it's exactly like insider trading. Literally. Senator dumped up to $1.6M of stock after reassuring public on Covid-19 (propublica.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22631832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22631832