Senate-Ethics

2020 Congressional COVID Insider Trading Scandal Exposes Systemic Corruption

2020-02-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On February 13, 2020, several U.S. senators were investigated for potentially violating the STOCK Act by selling stock after receiving private briefings about the COVID-19 pandemic, but before the market crash on February 20, 2020. Senator Richard Burr and his wife sold between $628,000 and $1.72 …

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Keating Five Ethics Findings: Cranston Reprimanded, Systemic Corruption Exposed

1991-11-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Senate Ethics Committee concludes its Keating Five investigation with formal reprimands and rebukes, documenting systematic corruption where five senators traded regulatory intervention for $1.5 million in campaign contributions from Charles Keating. Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) receives the …

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