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Elissa Slotkin: “On March 23, unidentified traders bet more than $500 million…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Intel Briefing: Inflation, Trump's China Summit, and insider trading on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 08:34

Let me give you some examples of what I mean about having advance warning, okay? On March 23, unidentified traders bet more than $500 million that prices of oil were going to fall just 15 minutes before President Trump made a big announcement. that he was delaying further attacks on Iran. Similarly, a couple weeks later, on April 7, a similar pattern occurred. (08:34–08:48)

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Asserts that $500 million was bet on oil prices falling before a presidential announcement.

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