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James Comer Jr.: “We don't think anyone in Congress should be making trade on…”

Featuring: James Comer Jr., Republican | U.S. House Kentucky, 1st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 20:47

And you know, trades happen 48 hours before that a massive trade. There are other trades pertaining to things that would have a military component. We don't think anyone in Congress should be making trade on the prediction market, especially election related or any type of insider intelligence information. So we're just trying to get a handle on who, who some of these people are that are making some of these questionable trades and then determine what type of guardrails need to be put up to make sure that it's not abused. (20:47–20:57)

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Asserts that Congress members should not trade on prediction markets, especially with insider information.

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