News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. When the public trial for the drug was about to be announced as a failure. Want to read a little from the complaint. Mis 416 had the potential to be an enormously profitable if the drug trial was successful. The drug, however, failed the drug trial. Public announcement of these results caused the stock price to drop by 92 . In or about june of 2017, Christopher Collins violated the duties he owed to innate by Passing Material Nonpublic information regarding the Drug Trial Results to his son the defendant so that Cameron Collins could use that information to make timely trades in innate stock and tip others. In detail, it was stunning from the actual complaint itself, those phone calls or the initial ones from the congressman to his sn, they took place on the grounds of the white house, during the white house congressional picnic. Anybody who has been paying attention to Chris Collins on capitol hill the last couple of years
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Interviews with political figures and news updates. Able to sell the shares. They have telephone logs, who called whom and when. It appears they have people helping the government out with the testimony. As mimi said, andrea, its kind of overwhelming evidence thats difficult for federal prosecutors to ignore. And chuck todd, weve not yet seen to my knowledge a tweet from the president or any suggestion that this is witch hunt, mueller related. But this is really separate, this is an investigation that started, there was an Ethics Investigation that we heard about some months back, last year sometime. And so this does not come from the Mueller Operation at all. Right. And thats the thing, it has zero to do this is just bad timing, bad coincidence. And it looks bad, right . Here is yet another person close to the president who seems to be taking advantage of access,
special access, or a pay to play issue. The president s ally, the presi
The prosecutors say the Information Collins provided saved 8 men over 768,000 in a lawsuit. In a Statement Collins lawyer says its notable that even the government does not allege that he traded a share of the stock. We are confident he will be exonerated. Also a statement here by paul ryan. While his guilt and innocence is a question for the court to settle the allegations demand a prompt and thorough investigation by house Ethics Committee. Insider trading is violation of the public trust. Until the matter is settled, representative colins will not serve on the house eenergy and commerce committee. They are saying its true he lost millions in stock but the only reason he didnt make trades himself because it was
held up in the australian stock market. Technically, he just could not. He was also under investigation by the Ethics Committee at the time for the similar accusations. Mr. Collins is considered the 13th Wealthiest member of Congress Worth 44 million according to the roll call
jim jordan and a tour of the border patrol yuma sector. they got to see a portion of the border wall that essentially cuts off into nothingness. the yuma sector more than 310,000 illegal crossings last year, the highest number ever recorded in the sector. an almost triple that of 2021. looking at arizona as a whole, there have been more than 570,000 migrants in fiscal year 2022. to date, almost 186,000. yesterday house republicans met with the local hospital in yuma. they are on the verge of financial collapse after having to spend $20 million in six months caring for migrants who can t pay. it is a sustainable to be the entire burden of pay for migrant health care appeared by a grant is receiving health care and no delayed pay. we don t know their final destination or anything about them. it is a matter of resources as well. this month the hospitals