Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/09/schiff-calls-for-insider-trading-investigation-into-trump/

Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump
April 9, 2025 at 10:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

Time: “Senator Adam Schiff on Wednesday called on Congress to investigate whether President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation when he abruptly paused a sweeping set of tariffs, a move that sent stock prices skyrocketing.”

Said Schiff: “I’m going to do my best to find out. Family meme coins and all the rest of it are not beyond insider trading or enriching themselves. I hope to find out soon.”

[edhopper]

1. To bad

Nobody will. That's how fascism works.

[WarGamer]

2. Investigate the White House and every single Congress critter.

[Jit423]

3. What the hell took so long? But the SEC is now controlled by Trump, isn't it? nt

[walkingman]

4. It is pretty obvious but not surprising. The GOP is corrupt at it's core.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[ecstatic]

6. I saw something on reddit...

RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unusual_whales/comments/1jvcvw8/someone_insider_traded_on_the_tariff_news_today/

I definitely want an investigation. I know trump is invincible but is everyone around him above the law as well?

Just as Justice Jackson predicted: The White House is now the seat of corruption/criminality in our country!

[Hornedfrog2000]

13. Exactly

Nail the morons around him on state charges, etc. The public will never sour on him with propaganda free flowing into our country

[UpInArms]

7. A weird thing here ... this is from a politifact on April 7

X posts
stated on April 7, 2025 in posts on X:
Says Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, said, “Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.”



An electronic display shows financial information on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, April 7, 2025. (AP)

… snip …

Around the same time, CNBC anchors attempted to explain a sudden market rally.

"Apparently, Hassett’s been saying that Trump will consider a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except for China," said CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla.

Jeremy Siegel, a frequent CNBC guest and Wharton School professor emeritus of finance, said: "Oh, well that’s huge. I mean that changes the game."

More at:

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/08/tweets/trump-hassett-tariff-pause-stock-market-rally-x/

….

Something is not right … because that is exactly what happened … just on today, not on April 7

[DET]

10. Trial Run...

…to see what the markets would do.

[wendyb-NC]

8. Good idea

[hay rick]

9. Called it this morning.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220223596

[Marcuse]

11. Defendants might sum up the whole thing by sayin': "I seen my opportunities and I took em."

https://dept.math.lsa.umich.edu/~bennet/graft.html

[Meowmee]

12. YES thank you Senator Schiff!!! 👏🏻👏🏻

[Historic NY]

14. Trump use his own non government social media platform

to give marching orders. He pretty much gave up the game today in order to get the market back up with his multiple texts before the markets opened.