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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlso bought stock Collins doled out -Rep Conaway of TX -Same 1 who shut down House's Trump-Russia
Ya know what Republican sat on a committee with now indicted Rep. Chris Collins and also bought the stock Collins doled out insider info about?Mike Conaway of Texas.
This guy... The same one who shut down the House's Trump-Russia investigation
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Also bought stock Collins doled out -Rep Conaway of TX -Same 1 who shut down House's Trump-Russia (Original Post)
kpete
Aug 2018
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Conaway is in a ridiculously red district so he will be able to withstand the exposure.
TexasTowelie
Aug 2018
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berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)1. Potential...
to drain the swamp! LOL
TexasTowelie
(112,347 posts)2. Conaway is in a ridiculously red district so he will be able to withstand the exposure.
Culberson is in a purple district and is vulnerable. Donate to Lizzie Fletcher if possible.
CincyDem
(6,378 posts)3. The issue for Collins (and anyone else) isn't that they owned the stock...
...it's when they sold it (and how they came to that decision).
IIRC, Collins is charged with insider trading on the sell side. Clinical trial failed, stock was going to tank so he got his family out before the public announcement, thus avoiding about
If these guys owned it and held it through the post announcement loss - their loss but nothing illegal here.
Would love to see all these asshats on the street with tin cups begging for quarters but...no sense getting riled up over every little thing.
NOW...if in fact they sold in advance of the news...they better have a damn good reason (like by blind trust advisor did it without my knowledge) or it's time to hang'em'high.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. spicey digs deep and posts a whole lot of verifiable gold.
good on her/him for jumping on this.