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Insider trading by members of Congress may be difficult to prove

  • Written by Stanley M. Brand, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Pennsylvania State University
The Justice Department is investigating stock trades made by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) after a briefing on the coronavirus.Getty/Mark Wilson

Recent allegations regarding stock trading by members of Congress in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic have raised calls for the investigation of these politicians for illegal “insider trading.”

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