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Trump Officials Sold Stocks Before Tariff News: Investigation Urged
7/23/2025
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- In a troubling revelation, key Trump administration officials offloaded substantial stock holdings just days before crucial tariff announcements in early 2018. Alarmingly, 90% of these trades happened within a mere ten days of the news, prompting watchdogs to demand investigations into possible insider trading, despite officials asserting they followed ethics guidelines.
