The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
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Notable Quotes
"VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS"
— Donald Trump , Politician
"VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS with Tehran over a COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION."
— Donald Trump , Politician
"This pattern raises serious questions about whether there has been recurring misappropriation of material nonpublic government information and about the extent to which individuals inside or outside the government have acted on such information."
— Elizabeth Warren , Politician
"What kind of trader would make a massive trade at 6:49 am, 15 minutes before a market-moving presidential announcement with billions of dollars at stake and without a hedge?"
— Ritchie Torres , Politician
"This appears abnormal, for sure."
— Mukesh Sahdev , Academic
"Just before he posted on social media, quite a lot of people took out contracts that would allow them to profit from the oil price falling."
— Rachel Winter , Executive
"It looks as if someone had very specific knowledge just a few minutes before."
— Paul Krugman , Academic
"This is not something where maybe Trump or somebody around him said something to somebody the previous day."
— Paul Krugman , Academic
"Think about, first of all, just the general proposition that people with access to national security information - sensitive national security information - would be exploiting that information for personal financial gain."
— Paul Krugman , Academic
Key People
Chris Murphy is a United States Senator from Connecticut.
Former president of the United States known for his aggressive economic policies.
Elizabeth Warren is the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.
Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Mukesh Sahdev is the chief oil analyst at XAnalysts.
The President of Venezuela, involved in a long-standing political crisis.
Current chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Paul Krugman is a Nobel prize-winning economist at The City University of New York.
Partner at wealth management company Killik & Co.
Ritchie Torres is a Democratic congressman from New York.
Sam Liccardo is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
US senator from Rhode Island.
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The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
An analysis reveals unusual trading patterns before President Trump's major announcements, raising concerns about potential insider trading.
An analysis reveals unusual trading patterns before President Trump's major announcements, raising concerns about potential insider trading.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse call for an investigation into suspicious oil trading activities preceding President Trump's announcements on the Iran conflict.
A $1.5 billion futures trade placed before President Trump's announcement to halt planned strikes on Iran has triggered insider trading concerns.
Significant trades in the oil market occurred minutes before President Trump's announcement to pause plans to attack Iran, raising suspicions of insider trading.
Unusual trading activity involving hundreds of millions of dollars occurred shortly before President Trump's announcement about Iran, prompting scrutiny from analysts and lawmakers over potential insider trading.
Significant trades in the oil market occurred minutes before President Trump's announcement to pause plans to attack Iran, raising questions about potential insider trading.
The CFTC and SEC are probing over $1 billion in trades made shortly before key announcements regarding the Iran conflict, indicating potential insider trading.
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