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A growing chorus of Democrats are calling for investigations into allegations of insider trading and market manipulation by White House officials, Republican members of Congress, and friends of the Trump administration. The allegations—which stem from the sudden rise in equity values following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 90-day tariff pause last week—come from prominent administration critics like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Alex Demas is an editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in England as a financial journalist and earned his MA in Political Economy at King's College London. When not heroically combating misinformation online, Alex can be found mixing cocktails, watching his beloved soccer team Aston Villa lose a match, or attempting to pet stray cats.
