They know what is going to happen and what is not going to happen well in advance of the public. So given that truism, given that fact, There has to be consequences in terms of their, you know, our desire to make sure they cannot trade off of that information. And Congressman, I mentioned how the President said it was third party investors who made all these decisions. He had no input in this. (04:18–04:25)
CLAIM
Asserts the need for consequences to prevent government officials from trading based on insider information.
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