Democratic lawmakers are calling for federal agencies and state attorneys general to investigate whether President Donald Trump, members of his administration, or any of his associates manipulated markets or helped enrich allies in connection with Trump’s sudden reversal on tariff polices. - ThreadSky

motherjones.com • 14 days ago

Democratic lawmakers are calling for federal agencies and state attorneys general to investigate whether President Donald Trump, members of his administration, or any of his associates manipulated markets or helped enrich allies in connection with Trump’s sudden reversal on tariff polices.

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trailrunners.net•14 days ago

I predict hearing the phrases "executive privilege" and "client confidentiality" a lot.

oldeluke.bsky.social•14 days ago

Quick answer, yes.

billwcc.bsky.social•14 days ago

No f'ing question about it! So glad someone is trying to do something about it.

poorlilrichard.bsky.social•14 days ago

They should instead be stopping his lawless executive orders, illegal tariffs and violations of the Impoundment Act.

sablue52.bsky.social•13 days ago

Ya think?

arriadna.bsky.social•14 days ago

Good luck with that, his lackeys will decline investigation.

vallahha.bsky.social•13 days ago

Of course it was all planned out, and who suffers most in this case? It's the middle and poor class of people who spend more of their income on things likke rent or mortgage payments and food and clothing, and their taxes are already deducted on their cheques. The rich are the ones not paying taxes.

madcolorist.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah, they will write a strongly worded letter with some words in CAPS!

pineapplepizza123.bsky.social•13 days ago

yes i am sure that nancy and chuck are right on it, oh wait they do insider trading.

lanc3goodthrust.bsky.social•14 days ago

anotherscott.bsky.social•14 days ago

Make ready the guillotines, history suggests this is where it’s *headed*.

noligarchs.bsky.social•14 days ago

He bragged about it on camera. Market manipulation to profit from inside trading should be a hanging offense.

cj-dodge23.bsky.social•14 days ago

I hope they nail his ass to the wall! And it looks like everyone who profited should all go to jail. Martha Stewart did, for the exact same thing!!!

petachou.bsky.social•14 days ago

Even less.

cindyruiz10.bsky.social•14 days ago

Peaceful Protest APRIL 19!
Please repost

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

cindyruiz10.bsky.social•14 days ago

We’re so grateful to all Law Firms AND Judges standing up to this administration and for our democracy! We NEED YOU!

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/law-firms-trump-law-student-recruiting-00007900

https://www.brennancenter.org/issues

fatlil6ringo.bsky.social•14 days ago

I'll save everyone some time
The answer is Yes

anita909.bsky.social•14 days ago

They better find it. We know it happened so they BETTER FIND IT.

executivejeff.bsky.social•14 days ago

I'm from the future and I'm here to tell you that there will be a lot of hemming and hawing and ultimately no one will get punished for this just like ever other scandal in the last 50 years.

ferst60.bsky.social•14 days ago

Wondering if Trump participated in insider trading? LMAO 🤣

xcised.bsky.social•13 days ago

You can call all you want,the right thing to do. It's clear this is a major criminal action and we're the victims as is the rule of law,sliced,diced, reduced to a thin sauce for T+Co to pour over their winnings.You can bet they made a bundle w his manipulations and recommending in what to invest.

liralea.bsky.social•13 days ago

Let's hope they get it done before he totally guts the agencies and replaces all government employees with Trumpsters.

pharper-chase.bsky.social•14 days ago

Absolutely 💯 and ✍️ when we find what we already know we should nail them

mrwong.bsky.social•14 days ago

The fraud of the century.

#felon47
#Tradewar
#inflation
#Recession

travelerdav.bsky.social•14 days ago

When Trump “friends” are the only ones who bought in large quantity before he announced it, then you know.

mimi-48.bsky.social•14 days ago

Of course, they did. But because they control the all "three" branches of government, they will block all investigations. Our only hope is to VOTE BLUE and oust them all (republicans) as soon as possible.

sydnee65.bsky.social•14 days ago

Of course he did. He is threatening law firms to cave. He can keep his felonies in litigation til the end of time. That is his plan.

marzbi.bsky.social•14 days ago

They are never going to do this. So just put up billboards and local news ads instead plz.

j4sonturner.bsky.social•14 days ago

What federal agencies? They gone.

32rjames.bsky.social•14 days ago

of course they did. thoughtful of them to take a peek. nothing will be done about it.

dareckoner.bsky.social•14 days ago

I reckon even Ray Charles could see that the felon-in-chief is manipulating the market for personal gain, at the expense of US citizens; and not only is Mr. Charles dead but was blind

la1ney.bsky.social•14 days ago

@davidcorn.bsky.social "lawmakers" need to bypass anyone affiliated with the trump criminal enterprise or square one is where we will always stay! Btw, there are many other crimes they can investigate..."whether" my ass! HE DID ALL OF THEM! @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

mlsant.bsky.social•14 days ago

It's just for show. We all know what the result will be.

giobbe56.bsky.social•13 days ago

we-are-toast.bsky.social•14 days ago

What I find a bit puzzling is, new options are basically a bet, and not a win/lose bet but a bet where one person keeps winning and someone else keeps losing (a lot). Some people got really burned by this manipulation. Where are the lawsuits?
https://bsky.app/profile/we-are-toast.bsky.social/post/3lmkuid3inc2v

cruisingalong.bsky.social•14 days ago

Duh? It was wide open

donny-lee.bsky.social•14 days ago

Can the states prosecute? That would remove the pardon aspect.

Then again, doesn’t he already have 34 felony convictions? Why hasn’t he been sentenced and jailed?

emnreviews.bsky.social•13 days ago

Do you have a corrections e-mail? To point out typos? I'm not talking about your post here; I mean for the article itself.

pjk107.bsky.social•12 days ago

Just take care of business and eliminate this nightmare.

pedelpusher.bsky.social•14 days ago

Here I'll save you some time, yes yes he did

itsmethedarkages.bsky.social•13 days ago

He did. We all saw it on social media.

sp2rm2022.bsky.social•14 days ago

OF COURSE they did! Only morons DON'T think this entire thing is a scam to make rich people richer.

mark1313.bsky.social•14 days ago

That is exactly what happened. Trump even bragged in the oval office about how much money he and his friends made.
Dishonest Donald never stops telling lies.

austenrox.bsky.social•14 days ago

Link this corruption and ineptitude with Signalgate (which should be mentioned Every. Single. Day.)

angleintraining.bsky.social•14 days ago

Of course they did. Depressions are highly valuable to those with a lot of money also.They can buy property for pennies on the dollar.They are making sure the worst parts of history are repeated at this point.Wars are also profitable for those with money.Easy to see their next moves of destruction.

annatachcojimenez.bsky.social•14 days ago

I believe Letitia James may be a good one here.

tgfe.bsky.social•14 days ago

Accountability?

That's only for democrats.

lavarunner.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'm not holding out much hope for federal agencies in charge of oversight. Fortunately both Nasdaq and NYSE are HQ'd in New York. Fraud can be prosecuted at the state level too.

zackattack17.bsky.social•14 days ago

Can Any states prosecute? Pam his whore in DOJ won’t

jimbobschaoscorral.bsky.social•14 days ago

Unfortunately no one gives a shit what the democrats think, do, or say anymore

petachou.bsky.social•14 days ago

😂😂😂

billstephens1.bsky.social•14 days ago

Good. Now how about the same energy for these “deported” immigrants?

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