• originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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        21 days ago

        100% legal. they carved out exemptions specifically for themselves, and forced a 30 day delay on normal humans from knowing what they purchase/sell. in writing.

      • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
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        21 days ago

        Legal in that there isn’t a specific law against it. Several Reps and Senators at various times have proposed a ban on Congresspeople trading individual stocks (presumably they could still have index funds, mutual funds etc.) but shockingly enough those measures didn’t pass.