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Oh, boy. Send him to jail for insider trading. mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #1
That's one of the few laws we still enforce against rich folks SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #42
rule applies only to women traladeda Mar 2020 #68
Applies to democratic Scarsdale Mar 2020 #76
Ask Martha DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #92
Because it affects other rich people. If it only affected the poor, it wouldn't be enforced. C Moon Mar 2020 #89
But if we didn't have the rich SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #94
If ever there was.. avlbeerfan Mar 2020 #87
Spread this far and wide dalton99a Mar 2020 #2
CREW needs to find out how many other ReTHUGs sold stock malaise Mar 2020 #14
Lock him up! Lock him up! muntrv Mar 2020 #3
+1 ffr Mar 2020 #33
+2 eom LittleGirl Mar 2020 #46
Oh, that's going to buy him a whole heap of Chris Collins type trouble. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #4
Maybe it can buy him a couple of pairs of fucking socks. BKDem Mar 2020 #50
Someone should send him ones with pointy up arrows on them. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #90
And he tipped off business lobbyists in a private meeting. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #5
Oh, but he had a full two week head start Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #19
Here's his phone number: littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #6
Better to send it to SDNY ! OnDoutside Mar 2020 #8
I left a message on his voice mail asking for a presser littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #11
Oh, and #ETTD OnDoutside Mar 2020 #7
We know this guy is a dirt bag NCDem47 Mar 2020 #9
He announced that he's retiring. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #12
I hope it is in a nice little cell in a cozy federal prison rurallib Mar 2020 #26
Me too. The crooked bastard has flown under the radar for too long. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #30
Comfortably. Sneederbunk Mar 2020 #40
His wife is loaded, so yes, he didn't need to work to start with. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #44
it just shady, but *brazen*! nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #64
Is there a single one of them who isn't a crook? malaise Mar 2020 #10
NO! OMGWTF Mar 2020 #28
On the R side? Tweedy Mar 2020 #55
same motherfucker barbtries Mar 2020 #13
He protected his favorite constituents with early warning. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #32
yes G_j Mar 2020 #48
The are a rather pernicious bunch.... paleotn Mar 2020 #53
Does that count as insider trading? Even if it doesn't, it's really sleazy. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #15
It should. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #35
I think it probably does. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #41
Barr will get right on it. Marcuse Mar 2020 #54
I'm sure he will. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #57
Smarmy bastard! StarryNite Mar 2020 #16
K&R!!! Mersky Mar 2020 #17
Like I pointed out to someone in another thread. The NC GOP Jamastiene Mar 2020 #18
To be fair, this was all public information: any sensible person would know the virus was bad greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #20
He is chairman of the Senate intelligence Committee. He had highly classified info that grantcart Mar 2020 #24
If a prosecutor can prove that he sold on the basis of insider information, fine greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #27
No that is not the test grantcart Mar 2020 #82
Well, looks like he's going with the "public news reports" defense greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #96
he sold a week before the big selloff started KayF Mar 2020 #36
I agree, but there's a case to be made that he saw the writing on the wall greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #43
May want to check stock transactions by other committee members. Sneederbunk Mar 2020 #21
i hope they look into dweller Mar 2020 #22
The entire gop is rotten to the core. spanone Mar 2020 #23
He should resign immediately kimbutgar Mar 2020 #25
Susan Collins is concerned. ooky Mar 2020 #29
All of them need to be investigated malaise Mar 2020 #31
Yes. You can bet there are more of them who did what he did. nt ooky Mar 2020 #39
Doubtful. Check her fucking accounts! MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #37
Department of Coincidences needs to look into this. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #34
That fucker belongs in prison. kysrsoze Mar 2020 #38
...awaiting that final shot. FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #97
The way these assholes have written the laws, he MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #45
How very swampy... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #47
Insider trading much? lettucebe Mar 2020 #49
no repercussions. That's where we are. the question is.. how did we get here? Pillow talk Mar 2020 #51
Every time they cheated, we "looked forward" FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #98
Prison time for these assholes. Lars39 Mar 2020 #52
K & R for visibility. PA Democrat Mar 2020 #56
but HER EMAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!and what about Benghazi? beachbumbob Mar 2020 #58
LIHOP! GusBob Mar 2020 #59
It's time to get rid of the stock market. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #60
No doubt, the Barr Justice Department will get right on it dlk Mar 2020 #61
Is there any way to hold his feet to the fire? dem4decades Mar 2020 #62
AOC (quite rightly) has called on him to resign. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #63
Trump's delay in acknowledging the virus Jarqui Mar 2020 #65
He is such a criminal. WhiteTara Mar 2020 #66
Republican ex-Congressman reports to prison on April 21st for insider trading. Burr needs to go too. NBachers Mar 2020 #67
Didn't Martha Stewart go to prison for much less? But she was a Democrat Kyblue1 Mar 2020 #69
getting so fed up with this nonsense . AllaN01Bear Mar 2020 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #71
YOU SON OF A BITCH! trof Mar 2020 #72
Please tell me this is illegal. ecstatic Mar 2020 #73
Massive insider trader. Put him in prison. You know that vampire Kushner kairos12 Mar 2020 #74
So we all just put up with this? warmfeet Mar 2020 #75
Screw him...he should be held account under the rules instituted by Obama Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #77
I don't see this covered on cable news at all. Peregrine Took Mar 2020 #78
Morning Joe today said Burr was a friend, come on Joe, report on this! or r you still a Republican dem4decades Mar 2020 #79
Indict, prosecute etc. Insider trading slam dunk. DOJ? Oh DOJ? Oh yeah. Barr is boss. Done. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #80
Hang the bastard. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #81
FUCKING repigs. . . BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #83
Swamp rat. zentrum Mar 2020 #84
Can he be prosecuted for insider trading? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #85
Mitch will protect him McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #86
What a strange coincidence. It's almost as though HE FLAGRANTLY ramen Mar 2020 #88
Who Was In That "VIP Group" & How Much Stock Did They Dump DallasNE Mar 2020 #91
This fucker need to be in handcuffs CanonRay Mar 2020 #93
Lock him up Gothmog Mar 2020 #95
The money pales in comparison to the public health damage from not telling US about it right away FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #99
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