Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. 2016. He was a very close ally of tom price, instrumental in price being chosen as Hhs Secretary. You know price has since left that post. Collins attorneys have released an official statement saying quote, we will answer the charges filed against Congress Collins in court. And will mount a vigorous defense to clear his good name. It is notable that even the government does not allege that congress man collins traded a single share of innate therapeutic stock. We are confident hell be completely vindicated and exonerated. The complaint also alleged that collins was at the white house attending the Congressional Picnic when he conducted some of the activity that led to the Insider Trading charges. This one is extraordinary for me. Hes nots just being investigated. Hes not just being charged. He was arrested. They knocked on his door and arrested him. A serving congressman. Wow. Joining me now nbc news
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likely because we could have responded no. he s going back to this broader point that they are keeping negotiations open, so is the special counsel. when will we have a final answer? that remains to be seen. as they say in dumb and dumber, so you re saying there s a chance. kristen welker, thanks so much. we are also keeping a close eye on a high stakes primary race and especially elections that are too close to call. but both parties celebrating in a sign of what could come in november. in the battleground state of ohio, in a race that was not supposed to be close, republican troy balderson narrowly led democrat danny connor in the especially election for the 12th congressional district seat. solidly red for more than 30 years. the numbers are so close the race could be headed for a recount. another race is the republican primary for kansas governor. trump backed cris big night f
charges against republican congressman chris collins. he surrendered to the fbi this morning after being indicted on insider trading charges. prosecutors say he helped his own family make illicit stock trades to avoid almost a million bucks in losses. house speaker paul ryan released this statement moments ago saying, quote, while his guilt or innocence is a question for the courts to settle, the allegations demand a prompt and thorough investigation by the house ethics committee. insider trading is a clear violation of the public trust. until this matter is settled, representative collins will not be serving on the house energy and commerce committee. whoo, that s pretty strong. there s been no statement yet from president trump. collins was the first lawmaker to publicly back him for president. you re going to start seeing a presidential mr. trump. he s talked about it, shifting into a more presidential speech-giving, policy positions, and demeanor.
text records. he makes a number of calls to his son, does reach him at first. calls him six times. nobody calls anybody six time force a hey, how are you doing. absolutely not. when you juxtapose that with the next morning, he immediately sells all of his shares. then, i m sure the phone records show that he calls other family members, who in turn sell shares. you re talking millions of dollars here that s at stake. and very serious criminal activity to could wind up with him being in prison the next five years. millions of dollars. he is already a rich guy. i believe he was the first member of congress to endorse the president. he was one who was outspoken about the saying the president should not have to release his taxes. now i wonder why. tom, as of 2015, collins had the 10th highest estimated net worth of anybody in the house, more than $66 million. what questions i mentioned it
mainstream issues on maihealth care, expanding obamacare, common sense gun law, improving health care, expanding made care. raising wages for people who got stiffed. big corporations profits went up. the income and equality divide is massive. president trump had the insight to go after it. he said he was going to solve it. here s what s happened. he hasn t solved it. he s exacerbated it. thank you so very much. next, breaking news, stay on that republican congressman from new york, chris collins arrested, charged with insider trading. we re going to dig into his latest final disclosures. you re watching velshi & ruhle