Talk:2020 congressional insider trading scandal

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For previous RSs, see Talk:STOCK Act § potential violations related to SARS-2 non-public insider info, add?.

X1\ (talk) 00:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

add David Perdue, wording?

Sen. David Perdue bought stock in a company that makes personal protective equipment on the same day he received a classified Senate briefing on the spread of the virus in the U.S.

Perdue made a series of 112 transactions, 82 of which were made on March 3. Of those, 76 were purchases totaling up to $1.8 million and 34 were stock sales of up to $825,000. A spokesperson for Perdue said he “has always had an outside adviser managing his personal finances, and he is not involved in day-to-day decisions” about his portfolio.

• https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/david-perdue-stock-trading-saw-uptick-coronavirus-took-hold/MRWmzwXeHgxi6IcmBbPgaN
• https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-david-perdue-bought-stock-company-producing-ppe-after-briefing-2020-4

X1\ (talk) 17:34, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• @X1\: Added. - Jon698 Talk 17:55 7 April 2020

  You make a good point here, and I definitely think this is worth adding to the article. However, I don't know that the sources you listed would be a good fit for a wiki article. I think the issue here is that because it is a more recent topic, most coverage available is from news outlets, which creates a neutrality conflict, no? Mtokijkl (talk) 19:46, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Feinstein?

Was Senator Feinstein not also the subject of scrutiny regarding stock sales she made? Sources - [1], [2], [3], among many others. There is currently no mention of this in the article. Mr Ernie (talk) 20:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Burr and Loeffler by far received the most scrutiny, and they were the only two who were apparently involved in a government inquiry (AJC: "Loeffler supplies documents to DOJ, SEC, Ethics regarding stock sales"); WaPo: "Sen. Richard Burr stepping aside as Intelligence Committee chair amid FBI investigation of senators’ stock sales." Inhofe and Feinstein received some initial press attention but were never implicated in any wrongdoing nor the focus on any publicly focused investigation, so it would be inappropriate to include either one here. Neutrality^talk 21:05, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Seems that Burr's the only one getting anywhere. The Politico source mentioned above also says Feinstein spoke to the FBI. Just also noting that Loeffler has also not been implicated in any wrongdoing. Mr Ernie (talk) 21:12, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Correct, and for the sake of form I should note that all the senators concerned deny any wrongdoing whatsoever. Neutrality^talk 21:39, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

This whole article seems like a WP:BLP violation?

Should this even be an article? Is there an actual "scandal" (I think there is with Burr for sure, but this article is about multiple senators. Shouldn't the Burr content just go in his article--does it need a break-out?). The article is out of date and leaves us hanging as to the outcome of most of this, which is nothing. Not sure where to start, exactly (AFD?) but this all seems quite problematic, as the article heavily insinuates wrongdoing that in most cases was never substantiated and has become a nothingburger. Marquardtika (talk) 21:02, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Potential Impact Section?

Could there be a section on this page for the impact of this scandal? Particularly so in the Georgia Senate races earlier this year, it seems consequential enough to put a section for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.194.255.65 (talk) 16:13, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Agreed, and the scandal definitely had an impact on the growing momentum in favor of banning federal lawmakers from holding and trading stocks, either through a full ban or by requiring them to use a blind trust. 24.225.167.200 (talk) 05:28, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Infobox participants

Hello everyone. This article was a political article that was in need of an infobox so I decided to create one. The question I wanted to ask is if any other wikipedians had an opinion on which specific senators should be listed in the "participants" section of the infobox.

I decided to include all the senators in the article as they all seem to have been "participants" by doing insider trading, as stated in the articles sources. Would it be better to change the participants to simply "Multiple United States senators"? Would it be better to change it to "Multiple United States senators, notably David Perdue" since he's the most notable of the participants (as noted in the article)? Or is the status quo of including everyone the best option? Would love to hear other opinions.

Trental (talk) 05:04, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Policy Analysis

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 March 2022 and 30 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mtokijkl (article contribs).