Senate-Ethics

2020 Congressional COVID Insider Trading Scandal Exposes Systemic Corruption

| 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

| 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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Senate Ethics Committee Opens Keating Five Investigation

| Importance: 9/10

The Senate Ethics Committee launched an investigation into five senators (McCain, Glenn, Cranston, Riegle, and DeConcini) for their improper intervention with federal regulators on behalf of Charles Keating’s Lincoln Savings and Loan Association. The investigation was initiated after …

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