AOC asks Marjorie Taylor Greene Blunt Ask everyone wants an answer after huge stock purchase
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was on the warpath on Monday evening after it was revealed Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought large quantities of stock a few hours earlier Donald Trump‘in the tariff break.
Ocasio-Cortez had previously called for an investigation In potential trade in prior knowledge of members of Congress During the period between the beginning and the break of the rates.
New disclosures show that Greene bought between $ 21,000 and $ 315,000 in stock on those days, the latter of which Compidents with the president who posts on social media: ‘This is a good time to buy! ‘
Ocasio-cortez, speaking with one of her and Bernie Sanders‘Co-Headlining’ Vijt Oligarchie events in IdahoGreene asked the only question in everyone.
“We saw Marjorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. How much have you made? How much did you get the despair of people? How much did you get from that panic? How much did you get from that suffering? Not anymore. We can’t accept it. ‘
She was not the only controversial democrat that the Maga Ally Greene closed, while minority leader Hakeem Jeffries made her in an interview with an interview Jen Psaki.
He said that ‘so many of these people are crooks, liars and fraud and referred to Greene as’ exhibition A.’
“We see corruption unfolding in real time,” he added and said he will try to make it illegal for sitting members of the congress to act shares.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (photo) was on the warpath after it was revealed on Monday that Marjorie Taylor Greene only bought a few hours before the Tarief break from Donald Trump.
New disclosures show that Greene (photo) bought between $ 21,000 and $ 315,000 on those days, the last of which coincides with the president who posts on social media: “This is a good time to buy!”
In the two days after the ‘Liberation Day’ rate announcement of Trump, Wall Street had his worst road district in history – lost $ 6.6 trillion from the value of US shares.
When the markets closed in New York on Friday 4 April at 4 p.m. THe S&P 500 fell by 5.97 percent. The Nasdaq fell 5.82 percent and the Dow Jones 5.5 percent.
That followed the losses of the previous day for the three major American indices, which varied between 4 percent and 6 percent. The S&P 500 had its worst since March 2020, when the Pandemie crashed the economy.
Five days later, on April 9, Trump announced on his social social network: “This is a great time to buy !!!”
The president announced that day just after 1 p.m. that he would do that Rises for Chinese import to 125 percentThe rest of the world’s rates would only be 10 percent and there would be a 90-day break about the mutual rates he unveiled in the Roseluin a week ago.
That announcement Had immediately returned the stock marketAccording to the third biggest win since the Second World War, according to CNBC.
The Nasdaq rose by more than 12 percent and the S&P 500 by 10 percent, their biggest jumps since October 2008 when there was a assistance during the big recession.
The White House tried to turn the move as the ‘strategy’, according to the Minister of Finance Scott Bessent.
Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries took a chance of Greene in an interview with MSNBC Monday
AOC posted on X last week who raised questions about insider trade Na Trump’s U-turn on rates
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt Reporters reproduce for doubting Trump’s negotiation skills.
After the announcement of the break was made, the shares increased 9.5 percent and the Dow closed almost 3,000 points on Wednesday,
Those who bought shares during the hours between his mail and the rate of U-turn earned a lot of money.
The same day Ocasio-Cortez used its platform on X to give voice to what many on social media also said.
‘Every member of Congress Those shares have bought in the last 48 hours, must now probably announce that, “the progressive Democrat Placed.
‘I heard an interesting chat on the floor. The deadline of disclosure is May 15, “she continued.
‘We are about to learn a few things. It’s time to Prohibit trade in prior knowledge in the congress“She wrote.
Members of the congress have 45 days to announce stock trading, which means that May 15 the deadline will be for all transactions around the time of the rate announcement.
Ocasio-Cortez (shown left) had repeatedly called for a ban on insider trade in the congress
Marjorie Taylor Greene (photo) has admitted that they buy the day before between dozens and hundreds of thousands of dollars in Donald Trump’s day
On Monday, Greene admitted that he made the massive disclosures, as members of the congress are obliged to do.
The day before the break, Greene also became of $ 50,000 and $ 100,000 in American treasury accounts, The New York Times reported.
The disclosures then come It was revealed eArlier this month that Greene was high days before the announcement of Trump had Trump’s announcement stock market.
Greene still has to comment publicly, but denied any inappropriateness in a statement released after investigating her stock trade last week, and says she pays someone to handle all her investments.
‘I have signed a fiduciary agreement to enable my financial adviser to control my investments. All my investments are reported with full transparency. I refuse to hide my stock trading in blind trust like many others do. ‘
A spokesperson for Greene told Newsweek That every investigation into misconduct would be ‘completely absurd’.
The shares of Greene include Apple – an increase of five percent since the rates were paused – Devon Energy Corporation and Merck & Company Pharmaceuticals.
Other recent investments include Palantir – an increase of 19 percent since the break – and advanced micro devices – an increase of 21 percent.
Earlier this month it was revealed that Greene had made a good day days before the Trump (photo) rates announced the stock market
New disclosures show that on those days, Greene bought between $ 21,000 and $ 315,000 in stock, the last one coincides with the president who posts on social media: “This is a good time to buy!”
The Maga in advance made 15 investments between March 16 and March 24. Her three largest movements placed hundreds of thousands of dollars opposite US Treasury BillsAlso know as T-Bills.
T-Bills are short-term debt obligations that are considered a low risk, so they can yield a lower return than other types of investments.
But the low risk character from T-Bills means that investors are very unlikely that they will experience losing on their money, making them a safer gamble than shares.
On March 16, March 19 and March 24, according to $ 100,000, Greene gave $ 250,000 per transaction to T-Bills, according to Capitol TradesA platform that is dedicated to sharing data about politicians.
According to the archives, Trump’s ally invested between $ 300,000 and $ 750,000 in treasuries.
These massive purchases were sprinkled between several smaller ones Apple IncAbbvie Inc and Costco Wholesale Group.
Greene’s first stock movements In the days prior to the statement of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ on 2 April.
Since the first announcement, the stock market had been in a dive – and the rates had fully entered into force Costs of groceries, alcohol, clothing, shoes and electronics it was expected to rise.
On ‘Liberation Day’, Trump stated that foreign trade and economic practices have fueled a national emergency situation
Greene still has to comment publicly, but denied any inappropriate in a statement released after investigating her stock trading last week, and says she pays someone to handle all her investments
There were already fear that the Tariefiefebacle de Gop could really harm the Gop in the midterms.
Trump acknowledged the inconvenience when he answered the questions of reporters from the South Lawn when he entertained Nascar champions on Wednesday afternoon.
“Well, I thought people jumped a little in line, they became yippy, you know, they got a little yippy, a little scared, unlike these champions,” Trump replied. “Because we have a big work to do.”
Asked if he turned the course back because of the bond market, Trump said it was ‘difficult’, but it now looked ‘beautiful’.
“But yes, I saw last night where people became a bit nauseous,” he said.
Despite the fact that none of his more punitive mutual rates had been taken into effect, he still stood that Liberation Day was a success.
‘The big move was not what I did today, the big move was what I did on Liberation Day. We had Liberation Day in America. We are freed from all the terrible deals that were concluded, all the terrible trade agreements that were concluded, “Trump was on.
Members of the congress must report stock trade within 30 days of making it, but they may give a wide range of dollar amounts instead of offering exact figures.
