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Chris Murphy: “The price of oil, which had gotten really, really high, came…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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HUGE insider trading on Trump's Iran war.

Published | Video Starts at 00:49

What he posted essentially was an announcement that he was going to put off attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure and that he was going to invest in peace negotiations. And the result of that was that The price of oil, which had gotten really, really high, came down precipitously. And if you had bet the right way at 650, you made a whole bunch of money about a couple hours later. And of course we know exactly what happened. (00:49–00:54)

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