Democrat Senator Asked To Cough Up Evidence Trump Committed ‘Insider Trading’ – He Admits There Are No Receipts Yet

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said on Thursday that that he didn’t possess evidence as of now that President Donald Trump committed insider trading, despite suggesting the possibility that he was guilty of the charge.

Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Ruben Gallego of Arizona made the allegation in letters sent to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and United States Trade Representative Jameison Greer, Fox News reported. Blumenthal was asked if he had evidence proving Trump committed insider trading, to which he replied that he didn’t but that there were “indications” that he might be guilty of the offense.

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“There are strong indications of manipulation and insider trading in the volatility and the sales that we’ve seen and the purchases – there are strong indications of impropriety of illegality in market manipulation or insider trading,” Blumental claimed. “I think it needs to be investigated by the SEC. I have no confidence that that agency in this administration will do its duty. Congress may have to fill the void.”

“We have tools to ask for information, and if Republicans block us or they fail to cooperate, I think the American people will see them as complicit in illegal market manipulation or insider trading,” Blumenthal added when asked what Democrats could do in a Republican-controlled Congress. “The failure of the SEC to look into it, should prompt Congress to do so, and the Republicans blocking it will make them complicit.”

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