Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, listens during a coronavirus briefing with health insurers at the White House on March 10.Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Many of the medical, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies in which Short and his wife hold stock – including 3M, Abbott Labs, Gilead, Procter & Gamble, Medtronic, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Johnson & Johnson – have been directly affected by or involved in the work of the Coronavirus Task Force, chaired by Pence.
Short declared at least some of his stock holdings — more than 100 listings of individual stocks across a range of economic sectors — to be potential conflicts of interest after he joined the Vice President's office last year. But he did not divest those holdings after being denied a tax break often granted to government officials who must sell stock to comply with ethics laws.
Ethics watchdogs — including the former top lawyer for the Office of Government Ethics, which handles conflicts of interest issues — say that in order to comply with the law Short needs to divest or recuse himself from issues that may impact his personal financial holdings.executive branch employees to resolve conflicts of interest before participating in any decision — or even deliberations — affecting particular companies or specific industries in which they are invested.
THIS is what you're worried about? Someone might own stock in a company that is making money? Why? Are you TRYING to shut them down and help kill more people? What the HELL is wrong with you NPR?
Trump and Pence aren't there for the good of America. They brought in their criminal minded friends too. But not for the good of America. They took this job for their own enrichment. They are suckibg America dry and when they leave we must make them repay all this money. Or jail!
Seriously, I think they want to just overwhelm us that we get tired and just give up! But f that!
wow
The 'apocalypse' has always been great for the business of control freaks.
Thank you VP Pence, and keep up the fantastic work! NPR, we know what you are.
Should he sell or buy? When did he but them, just recently or long time ago
dodona777 It's so good how America has all of these 'ethics watchdogs' and other safeguards against corruption. If only they acted once they identified the misdeeds. I mean, it's great to have acknowledgement but it feels a little meaningless if nothing comes of it, or is that just me?
Fire him!
Swap monster.
How many times does NPR have to post the same article over and over?
This virus was man made, so some people can profit from it.
Scumbag
Just more grift. Not surprising, and nothing will be done. The entire administration is devoid of ethics. TrumpResignNow
No surprise
traceynichols5 GOP crooks!
How do people own over 1M is stocks for just one sector?
The 1st question I would ask -- when did he buy his stocks? The 2nd question I would ask -- did Marc Short bought any of the stocks in companies linked to coronavirus response since the beginning of this year?
Has anyone within the realDonaldTrump Administration followed thru & divest or placed assets in a bona fide blind trust so as to avoid conflicts of interest? My guess is no one.
Not surprising.
Again, I call for Inspector General reports at the beginning of a new administration in 2021..
Why create a science based approach when you can go profiteering? MAGA draining the swamp.
Now do Bill Gates and Dr. Fauci....
Nothing new for this admin.
Red alarms were going off in 2017.
🤔
He is really creepy too.
Click prostitution. Read the details, OGE and counsel have reviewed without an issue. Desperately Seeking Anything To ‘Investigate’ & for RepAdamSchiff or RepJerryNadler to hold hearings on to get their precious TV time in! CBSNews nytimes NBCBLK NBCLatino ABC dcexaminer
GASLIGHTING FOOLS. This Virus has been around for a few months. Show us the list of Politicians that are invested in Bio Med. Remember when they told us trump was invested in chloroquine and it turned out he owned a few hundred worth of a mutual fund?
1.6M? that he disclosed. Which Companies?
'''This is now a red alarm,' said an ethics watchdog''' Huh. I don't agree with the word 'now'. The lack of ethics claxon has been ringing loudly since 2017. HistoricFailureOfLeadership
It’s been a red alarm since 2017
I predict an ethics watchdog is about to be fired
Crooks are every where, he is not alone.
Shocking news that there is corruption in the TRUMP WhiteHouse ! Sarcasm WorstPresidentEver
Most corrupt administration in the history of America! 45 was sent by Satan and Putin to divide America and weaken us!
Just hoping this corona thing ain't a money making strategy, power hungry beings.....
The mainstream press should never have him on as an expert or spokesperson again.
A School for Scandal, Trump Inc.
Trump and his administration are taking money where they can from the taxpayer and insider information is making them rich led by Trump.
One more example of the real “Swamp.” Trump and Pence’s cronies getting rich off our taxpayer backs.
So many dishonest ppl surrounding and in the WH
Stop investigating this administration and look to November 3, 2020...🗳🇺🇲
The true thugs of this country.
Meanwhile, we can't even breathe or eat without the politicians mocking us.
This is a really stupid crusade, even for NPR. Why don’t you ever report on these important truths from larryelder ?
He has a name People should know it MarcShort
This isn't a presidency it is a heist.
Barr will just dismiss any charges that may come up against him anyway, what's the point
Are we even slightly surprised. The whole thing has become a criminal enterprise
imagine that Trump Admin officials pumping a drug to make large profits on stocks, tho the drug is a dangerous flop Pump and dump p.o.s.
Nothing will happen
cathymcmorris you should be mad about this...
“Possible” conflicts of interest?!?! Those are DEFINITELY conflicts of interest. An ethics investigation must take place into MarcShort
It doesn't matter. Trump's goons can get away with this shit.
Deplorable...
Another unchecked abuse of power by the trump administration. Par for the course
I’m sure there are many congresspeople on both sides that do also. This is how they ALL get wealthy.
Seems suspicious
Surprise surprise... another member of the realDonaldTrump swamp of political appointees that is benefiting from a tragedy. The President is a magnet for problematic ethics.
NPR got $75 million from taxpayers to work as a pr firm for the Democrat party
Good I hope he makes millions
Why are we NOT surprised. marcshort45: step away from the job you dishonor, in a nation beset by corruption at the highest levels.
Omg trump administration is corrupt to the core....I never would’ve guessed! Obama salutes with coffee cup, wears tan suit and gets a gate. Ha. So glad I left that disgusting republican party years ago.
Grifters stay grifting.
DanielNewman November need to get here soon!
DanielNewman Not shocking
And? We all own stock. Likely many of us in those same companies. This isn’t illegally
*coughs* conflict of interest
An entire White House filled with crooks and thieves 😳
And the fourth time you posted this headline you’ve changed it back to this one. You should go with the third because you mentioned he disclosed all of this.
Many of us do. Their called mutual funds.
OMG I own stock in most of those companies and I voted for Trump
These violent thugs have now burned down the Minneapolis police department This is disgusting. Where is AG Keith Ellison? Where is Ilhan Omar? Where is the Democrat Governor? Where is their radical leftist mayor? This is out of hand Democrats are encouraging violence! RT!
So do democrats, now do them.
100,000 AMERICANS DEAD AND ALL CARES ABOUT IS CHICKENSHIT TO BRING DOWN MIKE PENCE? is this how the game is played? WTF is the matter with you people?
Insider Whitehouse trading. VP WhiteHouse who else is making money every time Trump praises Roche?
God is on his side.
🤔
The swamp is thriving.
So
hmmm, looks like he is looting and robbing. this admin is a sad corrupt bunch!
Oh, come on. He can up it to 25!!!!!!!
seems unethical
And this news is a big surprise why? All of us knew that was coming. And is anyone going to do a damn thing about it? No.
National guard needs to occupy the White House
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Looters!!
The President keeps most of his records private so this high ranking official does not worry about conflicts of interest. At least it is not reported that he tried to sell some stocks. And he is not a senator.
surprise surprise
Shocking!
Why are you doing this hit piece on him now? Who is paying you for this?
Disgusting.
You mean 'Thief of Staff'
How long has he held the stock? This is a fishing expedition by NPR.
The entire admin is rotten to the core.
They don't care. They only care when Target gets looted.
How the fuck is this legal? This has got to be the most crooked administration in American history.
At least he didnt sold 'em
blboult 'Could be' conflict of interest? I think it's PLAIN to see. There's a lot more to this. Much more. How about Trump family purchases of PPE? Of HCQ? Ties to companies making medicines to address COVID19?
NO ❤️ for this! 😡
Pervasive corruption requires those that are absolutely corrupted. When this admin is done. There will be enough dirt uncovered to form several life sustaining planets. AbolishElectoralCollege AbolishGerrymandering
I'm sure there are several other GOP beside MarcShort. This is why realdonaldtrump didn't call the DefenseProductionAct and stalled COVID19 response! The plan was to profit off of Americans death! 158 Days until OperationOrangeCrush🍊 VoteBlue2020🗳️ 🇺🇸TheDemocrats🇺🇸
Oops
America doesn't do accountability
Shouldn't they all just have to sell their stock prior to office? I know it feels 'unfair' but it's public service right? It should be less piles of money and more sacrifice for the greater good
So he's looting
That’s looting.
We need an anger button. But something that represents a riot or something huger than an angry face. Goddamn I’m so mad at every asshole right now
Ya know, I used to listen to you all the time. Even donated a few times. I now don't even want to see your tweets. Good job.
Welp.
Straight from the Republican playbook. Well done lad 👏
The inspector generals are gone. Almost the entire original staff of the White House, gone. John McCain is gone. Good luck, America.
Only the best criminals on Tax payers expense 🤨
When the last three and a half years have been multiple red alarms on a daily basis, they all just blur into one great collective red alarm.
depends on whether it's inside information or not this guy is not going to be making purchasing decisions
How do all you Republicans like your swamp?
DrainTheSwamp lol. Just an realDonaldTrump swampy moneygrab
These are ordinary stocks most investors own either directly or through mutual funds. Where’s the story?
waltshaub If you're not careful MarcShort could start trending. It would be bad if MarcShort started trending because it could lead people to NPR's story about MarcShort, and you don't want to risk tweeting the hashtag MarcShort and then have MarcShort trend.
Wow how does MarcShort get away with this highly questionable possible conflict!
Anyone surprised?
WAT
Insider trading shouldn’t come as a surprise in this administration.
And he is just a small time crook. You need to look at the Trump Family and the Mitch McConnell business partners and practices. Neither care about you or this country only what they can take from it. Don't be stupid start to investigate for yourself before you vote.
INVESTIGATE and public workers should NOT have any form of connection to stocks, whatsoever, not through their family members, etc. Politicians should Stop corruption at once: realDonaldTrump ! Focus on this.
But don’t mention Hunter Biden
gaj724 They all are crooked....every single one of them, crooked to the bone.
I’m okay
waltshaub VanTaylorTX SenTedCruz JohnCornyn
They (trump allies and sycophants) rely on the fact that rules and laws are levied by people. Then depend on ‘good boys’ to oversee them or just remove the person if they have any ethics at all. It’s the fox watching the hen house over and again..
how could anyone be surprised, whole admin. is crooked, their all stealing from the taxpayers
waltshaub Marc Short corruption. Marc Short corruption. Marc Short corruption.
Love that money.
Why is making these jumps to conclusion, but also reporting that nothing improper went on with the Michael Flynn fiasco? Aren't you supposed to be unbiased?
And we are all surprised by this because...?
realDonaldTrump $hit $torm Trump
All the money these grifters can grifter! They're making a mockery of our country and cleaning us out! Still don't understand why Joe Biden will not say his AG is going to make sure our Treasury wasn't cleaned out last admin and investigate!
Yeah think?
Rogue_Martin God make it stop! Criminals, one and all!
If he owned them prior to Covid ? No conflict
They really need a separate cabinet post in this administration, Secretary of Corruption.
So what? Go check how much Nancy and feinstein own in stock
A red alarm that never gets answered...
Is he the only one?
You can’t tell me he isn’t privy to information in his position that prompted those trades. Send him packing.
More toxicsludge to fill the GOP swamp
Who's going to stop him?
😳
I don’t like this even a little bit especially since the Abbott test gives a 50% false negative response. What’s in it for me much?
😴Wake me when something new or unexpected happens.
npr LOVES to cherry pick.
It is no surprise within the most corrupt administration ever.
Хорошая новость
Lock the A.O.B. up!
TheRickWilson Corrupt criminals. ALL OF THEM!
Everybody in the WH is a bonafide crook
waltshaub Red alarm in any other administration. For these guys it's.....Thursday.
I thought for a moment this story was saying that there is a new Marc Short, and joy welled up in my heart. 😃 But then I noticed my error. 😦
Which stockS ?anyone has a watchlist 📈
who is this Mike Pence you speak of
*stock
Always the leader in Corruption & Grifting 🏆 The Trump Administration
Sad the revolving door of this Administration,I thought Bush 2 & Obama's last 4 yrs were something,the WH is supply & demand,then layoffs like the poor & middle class suffer,he will be gone soon but never know with this AMERICA,it is stinking Great for higher ups...
waltshaub 'This is now a red alarm,' said an ethics watchdog And he is 100% right
Of course self dealing on Americans pain
Of course he does.
Just fitting in with the Trump family grifters...
waltshaub Gross but not surprising.
If that watchdog is a gov employee they’re now fired
They don't even try to hide their grift anymore...
Uh huh...what does that tell you?
That’s not a coincidence
I’m old enough to remember when trash-talked Hillary Clinton every damn day, and heaped praise on McConnell the day before he ran for re-election.
Why is this legal? Clearly they had insider info that these companies were getting govt contracts. corruption
Really draining the swamp...
So there’s a problem with this? Lol shouldn’t be cause there’s not a problem with any of trumps friends and family making money off us taxpayers
That’s illegal.
EvaChanda OF COURSE he has stock in a company called Gilead Handmaids4All
Grifters of the world unite!
Is there a soul in this administration who is not corrupt?
This is what happens when you run the country “like a company”.
Wasn't there a campaign slogan about draining a swamp? Well? Wasn't there?
JemmsCee2 Mark Short must be prosecuted and send to prison for dumping his stocks during pandemic. Hopefully during next Democratic DOG!
TheRickWilson Mob
Insiders getting richer
If they are stocks he has held for a longer period of time in an investment strategy then no problem. imo
Grifters gotta grift.
NPR became Dems propaganda
I imagine that could apply to many elected politicians.
TheDemCoalition WhiteHouse nytimes realDonaldTrump CNN - They are all crooks and the scams they have been involved in since day-1 is disgusting. They all need to be in jail.
Must be nice to profit from a pandemic.
mattgaetz
Now if only there was a law about things like this
Since you mentioned your wife, what is your comment on all the lies from her?
Ground truth from the NPR article shows 'Marc Short has followed all applicable ethics laws, and even sought to divest from potential financial conflicts'
Follow the money
Anyone with a 401k has these stocks.
You see they're draining the swamp just like they said...
How on earth can this be any surprise to any of us? If Trump “drained the swamp,” it was only as one does when enlarging their backyard pool—to gut out what exists because you aim to make it MUCH BIGGER...
I doubt that anyone appointed by trump, or working in his admin, hasn't profited grossly from working for him.
The grifting never stops.
CREWcrew
marcshort45 VP realDonaldTrump No wonder he admitted this...
He must sell the stocks or prosecute him!
Where in the fawk did he get that kind of money to invest in the first place
GOPCorruption EnoughIsEnough
CORRUPTION CorruptMikePence
Not surprised. There’s a conspiracy theory that the virus was man made in one of the Carolinas...makes one wonder...
He's probably thinking too bad there wasn't much of a federal response.
Where is the accountability?!?
This might explain the blind loyalty. Are they all millionaires?
The GOP led swamp is getting deeper GOPCorruptionOverCountry
stocktraitors
This is criminal! And...making big bucks on shit products.
They are all grifters
Sounds like the fake news media is trying to distract us from the horde of Minnesotans looting foot massagers from Target as we speak
See ya!
What do you expect from anyone who's in with DJT, who was associated with the likes of Jeffrey Epstein?
Nobody seems to care about these things anymore. When I worked for a high level official in the 90s we had to report a piece of gum if 'given' to us.
What the actual FUCK is GOING ON!!
Does he have a bar code tattoo on the back of his head?
Probably why it takes so long to get anything. Have to wait to use only those companies. Did people die? It's a big 'so what?' from this crew. Including the oh-so-holy Pence. Don't these people get vetted?
When did Short buy those stocks? I bet the dam time All those guys bought stocks. The Yrump Covid scam
Remember Pence praising Abbott Labs repeatedly during a presser?
This is against the law. Either divulge the stock or leave.
Oh my! We’re shocked 😳
Why am I not surprised? Greedy bastards profiting off a global pandemic!
TheDemCoalition I see so it’s clear to me, POTUS and his corrupt administration are not interested in testing., Tracing or even a real fast vaccine because they are making money on other Pandemic related things. Got it 🤬
HolderStephen Business as usual for both parties. This is isn’t anything new. If anything, it’s a distraction.
Anyone else not surprised?
Conflicts of interest are crimes under 18 USC 208.
Like I keep saying, DT said on NATIONAL TV In front of his base & cameras...”stick with me, we stand to make a lot of money”! At one of his MAGA Rallies
🤬 This cannot be allowed to continue. realDonaldTrump , I thought you were draining the swamp!!
not surprised
But those emails
This should come as no surprise.
Wow really
Swamp not drained.
realDonaldTrump GOP VP
draintheswamp
No conflict at all! ass clown!
Criminals of a feather.
He thought QUICKLY. Nothing ILLEGAL here
I would love to see the KamalaHarris VP VP debate when this issue gets brought up
Of course!!! Grifting, cheating, looting, insider trading is all par for the course with this administration!
Welcome to the millionaire billionaire club
They are all corrupt
Although I didn’t vote for Trump I was drawn by his “drain the swamp” promise. Do his BASE not now see all this corruption coming out every single day? And what a huge phony he is?
Time to check this out maddow!
I'm old enough to remember when UVA believed in an Honor Code
Curiouser and curiouser...
arkg717 Its Definitely 'Who You Know'Grifting In The Trump Admin. And A Bunch Of Grifting Keep Going On!!
realDonaldTrump VP for everyone who believed in Trumps MAGA. More like kill thousands with a hoax virus, divide this country, politically racially, and economically, lie with no consequence. However thank you for spotlight on how weak Amerikkka really is. Now we can rise!
What else is new.
Of course he does
So much greed....do they know when you die you can't take that money with you😉
Is the FBI looking into this asshole or, what...
ASSHOLE
cnnbrk
Opposite of draining the swap.
The swamp cannot take any more monsters!! VoteBlue2020
I’m shocked.
marcshort45 Grifter for Trump. All of you.
The GOP is the swamp.
Coincidence? I think not
The real looters.
Of course he does
Just think how much stock the corrupt, racist fake Christian Mike Pence owns
realDonaldTrump is the Swamp VP
TheRickWilson Wait did they just clone Matt Whitaker?
We can only hope after the election that a great deal of this information can come forward and be dealt with by the justice department, a new justice department
Vote them all out
Looking at jail time hopefully if there is any justice in this world. Or a long time being reincarnated as a trump toad
DOJPH will take of this, the same way they took care of KLoeffler. Republicans don’t commit crimes anymore. They have a get out of jail free card. Called Bill Barr.
Meanwhile, the rich...
raehanbobby He isnt the only one. This whole presidency thing is a huge conflict of interest on so many fronts. It is a total joke.
TheRickWilson Is there one person in the Trump administration that ISN'T corrupt?
cwebb1024 Surprise Surprise! Not! Money talks BS walks! Why we get 1,200 dollars to go away die! Wouldn’t even pay for a funeral! Not enough to pay for rent & food! Pillage & Plunder! Why do you think they stick with him! He bribes them, gifts perks, them! Seat at the kool kids table!
No insider trading here
On brand.
I assume the PressSec knows about this and will properly address the public concern during tomorrow's press conference? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Doubtful.
Okay but when did he acquire the shares?
Is this why no tests work, and why the US did not buy the WHO tests?
This is the most corrupt administration ever, it's all about the money and who can profit more. GOP VP POTUS
Mere coincidences! Said no one
Say it isn’t so.
Susan_Hennessey The whole place is a swamp...
Guillotine.
Is this the swamp?
EggerDC How is this a story? 1. He declared these holdings a year ago. 2. The stocks called out are in virtually any index fund and anyone who has a 401k also holds. I’m all about cracking down on government insider trading but this is a laughably ill researched story.
Follow the money Drain the GOP crooks
Imagine that
WritesMore Oh FFS.
TheRickWilson That’s no surprise
They should not be allowed to own individual stocks...it’s that simple...anyone connected to the government...just like financial media...
DoyenneSolace I'm sure he's not the only one.
And yet no one would stop them
Who cares. This is not that important in the grand scheme of things.
More swamp. VP
IG sacking coming soon.
The Abbott Labs of the inaccurate COVID19 tests? The tests presented by Trump like some late night cheesy product commercial?
Nashville_Nate Is Loeffler his stock broker? She knows how to get the most out of stocks....
TheRickWilson Is anyone really surprised about this?
CHARleeTrauma NEVER forget Trump 'Deep State' warpath dismantled, defunded, & disorganized the US federal capacity to mount a Rapid Response Plan similar to Taiwan, S Korea, China even, Israel, New Zealand, or Germany. THEN: golf/hatetweets/rallies Jan, Feb, March 2020 Tragic, Accountable
What response ?
TheRickWilson Why? Why aren't there orders being done?
Nancy Pelosi net worth raised 100 million dollars during her 30 years in Congress. NPR doesn't have that story they have this one.
TheRickWilson Having conflicts of interest seems to be the only job requirement in the Trump White House.
TheRickWilson Pure scum. A bottom feeder, like trump
Don't you mean 'VP and head of federal coronavirus response Mike Pence?'
Me: * furiously logs in to E-Trade and uses life savings to buy MMM, ABT, and GILD*
No conflict there.
TheRickWilson LindseyGrahamSC ChuckGrassley any comments? SenSusanCollins are you concerned at all?
Vote them out November 3, 2020
Unless he just bought these stocks based on knowledge he gained from his position this is a non story even for a college newspaper.
Perfect example of how the President is 🗣DRAINING THE SWAMP!
TheRickWilson He will go out with tRump this fall!!
MOST corrupt group EVER to b in WH administration.
TheRickWilson VP the corruption runs broad and deep in your boss’ and your Administration. You can’t escape it. You will go down in flames along with IMPOTUS and Moscow Mitch & Cheatin’ Chao.
If he sold them it would be more of an issue like Senator Burr.
He just so happened to have stock on Gilead? Yeahhhhhhhhhh
DOJ drops charges... Wait for it.
This is the equivalent of the shotput event in the criminalympics that is this administration.
The Trump/Pence/Kushner/Pompeo corruption is endless. Lining their pockets via a corrupt COVID19 response resulting in 100,000+ deaths and 40 million unemployed...so far Biden2020Landslide
TheRickWilson I would be amazed, but Trump!
TheRickWilson And the DoJ is fine with that; or more accurately Barr is fine with that
TheRickWilson This is such a none issue.
TheRickWilson Conflict , what conflict ?
Haha, isn't this the exact thing all those chanting drain the swamp mean? You would think they have no idea what they are chanting 😂🤣😂🤣
Makes ya wonder why Fauci ramped Gilead’s stock
Wow. How many days till election?
TheRickWilson say it isn't so, imagine my surprise...
TheRickWilson We’re gonna need a bigger swamp
PatrickBlueWave GOPHypocrisy GOPCorruptionOverCountry
Yeah but when did he purchase these stocks?
TheRickWilson TrumpCorruption When will the corruption end?! VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2020
TheRickWilson Doesn't surprise me.. just more crap they just get away with.
Mafia Administration
TexDem16 It's very OBVIOUS that the economy was never as great as Trump claimed. Trump's words 'look at the stock market!' proves all those now defunct 401k's of avg ppl have little impact on the market with over 30mil lost jobs. Basically it's Rich playing with their $.
Potus and his cabinet and staff doing nothing unless it directly benefits them. They do nothing for Americans.
Actually, members of Congress are under totally different rules, so the “what about” was a failure. The law is complex. Gotta look before you leap, GodBlessUSA316 Btw, I’m arguing with a bot, right?
There’s no end to the corruption of these people. No shame.
Really moist swamp
Anyone surprised? Probably a bunch more connected own stocks in these companies
MatBabiak thats it? manz is small time
SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer RepAdamSchiff INVESTIGATE
Grifters all
So he fits right in
All raking in big money, I see! Profiting from a pandemic should have a special place in Inferno.
Looting.
If trump loses I think a lot of these satellites are going to jail.
Another OBAMAGATE official asking for an investigation, surprise. OGE and legal counsel has reviewed and no action deemed necessary. Bummer! Another dud. CBSNews ABC CNNPolitics
Marc is a grubby opportunist? Such a upstanding Christian doing God’s work, oh wait he’s just part of the corrupt tRump Administration.
Lock him up! Lock Meatball up!
This is looting.
Probably just a coincidence. WhiteHouse . They are grifters. It was only ever about this. From the beginning, only this.
AnneKepplinger But, but... The Trump Terrorism Task Group is busy draining the swamp!
SaleemulHuq Crimes in broad day light
Add it to the pile, we'll get to it when we can.
Whaaaat? So as usual.. it’s about the damn money!
joncoopertweets The Trump Administration is just a nest of unethical, morally compromised criminals and wannabe criminals.
ellorysmith Maybe invest in companies that are indirectly benefiting, not... ya'know... ones you have the direct ability to contract with.
SenatorLankford Is this a FederalFumble or is this just plain old-fashioned corruption?
courageousgirl2 Trump is President today because he exploits corruption and ignorance. Educate yourself and others and his kind will go away.
Milking profits out of a human tragedy
dehronlee Trump and his Transnational Crime Syndicate Running as our Government 🤦♀️
Maybe his wife will donate 1 million dollars to a Trump superfund and make this all go away.
Classic pay-to-play as dear leader encourages across much of his banana republic. Pay-to-play is thriving in the Trumplican swamp.
No problem unless Short received insider information and bought more stock. TrumpSwampCronies
Speechless
🤷♀️
Wow! What a surprise...
TrumpCorruption
so WHAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE own 3m, Abbott labs and Gilead, what about those congress members that sold stock before the pandemic started ?
And much like the stock traitors, my guess is again nothing will be done?
joncoopertweets They all are!! Lets see trump family taxes before he can run again
joncoopertweets All normal here. On brand GOP
joncoopertweets Wow, just like probably all the rest of the Republicans. All the same. Criminals
KaivanShroff Resist Resist
joncoopertweets Of course he does!!!!
Cinnamongirl309 That's why they are allowing this to run rapid. The more victims the more dollars in their pockets. Why would they want to end that gravy train?
KaivanShroff I'm so tired of this.
No shocker here! They're all a bunch of crooks and thieves
WiegmanRoy The grift that keeps on giving......
Sounds about right
46th
Explain to me why this is ok...
Every Administration does. Remember Hunter Biden. Nothing new. Dems before making dumb comments. We should ask more out of them all. Regardless of party. This is just NPR Trying to stay relevant. Because they know they are not. Stop funding NPR.
Just like owning detection camps private schools and private prisons
He bought them over a year ago? This story is bullshit.
Well, they’re actively undermining Gilead
There really isn’t an end to their corruption is there?
I guess the swamp's drain is clogged. 🙄
Republicans are so corrupt!!!!
Keep on diggings, well done
God. Marc Short. He is the Kellyanne Conway of... I don't know. He just totally sucks. (And sucks up!) ((I'm leaving. No need to push.)) 😜
🙄🙄🙄
IF the DOJ were to look into it, Barr would just kill investigation. Nothing Trump and his cronies does can be considered illegal. After all he is an Orange God.
Oh wonderful.
How shocking.
emptywheel Yet another wild coincidence.
cmgdrama Hey NPR, rather than picking low-hanging fruit, why don’t you go after all those members of Congress who write actual legislation while fleecing the taxpayers? You know, those multi multi millionaires?
Ok Nazi Propaganda Radio, tell us about Nancy Pelosi's stocks, Diane Feinsteins, go on, the entire corrupt baby murdering political party.
jason_kint 👀 oh...
I'm pretty sure they all do. DOJ won't investigate insider trading because they're cronies now. We'll just have to wait for another administration to prosecute these greedy people.
You know what would be shocking? Finding an honest person, not out for themselves, in this administration.
Corruption and corrupt men and women of this WhiteHouse and the GOP are like nothing I’ve seen in my 66 yrs. I’m looking forward to all the indictments next year. NovemberIsComing
Add another corrupt administration person to the cesspool.
Gilead? Well... blessed be the fruit.
Da
tomasacat And the abbot tests suck.
Isn’t that conflict of interest...
The looting needs to stop.
Of course he does, along with the rest of the TrumpAdministration and Congress
Our president has failed us.
Ask yourself, how does one amass a million dollars in stocks...say he went to college, got a job and saved..after bills.. he has a million dillars left to invest.....? Doesn’t everyone?
emptywheel Np, Ew, Repotting truth to power. Oops.
Not an issue unless these companies notably underperform. It’s a pandemic.
MattMurph24 Well, of course he does. Grifters gonna grift.
Sounds like looting
Of course he does.
I bet the Miller Center has egg on its face today!
But we are looking for anything to blame Trump team for doing wrong......NPR
emptywheel ho hum.. . .more corruption
emptywheel Swamp the drain!
emptywheel I thought graft was an Administration policy
Investigate GovPritzker conflict of interest with Corona Response also please! allinillinois
emptywheel Nobody told NPR that Grift is OK in US gov. Now. Trump made it ok. OK?
sherfouch Follow the money!
Of course he does I’m sure they all do they are robbing us blind then cry over som stimulus checks to lower paid people 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
BoundarySeeker And we are worried about OBAMAGATEGATE ? MAGAss
May possibly maybe pose somewhat of a conflict of.... ONE COUNTRY FOR REPUBLICANS NOT EQUAL FOR DEMS
Why do they all look the same
TexDem16 These men are really unbelievable. These should be crimes
So? Who’s going to stop them? The AG? God? Mickey Mouse?
emptywheel Wow, how completely not surprising at all
most people own those stocks. check your 401ks
WTF. Are they just all criminals?😱
emptywheel But he seems like such a nice guy!
NiceAccordion When did he buy these?
emptywheel The self dealing, personal enrichment, maintaining power to enable it, those are the goals of the corruptGOP and failedPresident. They do not care about everyday Americans, the middle class, the poor in America. They don't care about us. They only care about themselves.
Noooooo! Say it’s not so.
emptywheel Now do IL gov JB Pritzker
I’m so tired of this.
Carpetbagger pandemic profiteer
Thank you for reporting this. I’m thinking there is A LOT more of it going on
I’m sure trumps family does too, but we’ve allowed him to hide his financials for the entire duration of his presidency.
Omg did he own before? You guys are disgusting.
it is OK, you must have forgot, he is a republican.
VP doesn’t care as long as he can make a big $ score when this is over.
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MattAbbatacola ***Sigh*** What has happened to the GOP is so sad. They are the party of the 1%, the Russian mafia and the racists. They can no longer be trusted with the economy, with foreign policy or with the health and safety of the American people.
Of course ! Why wouldn’t he 🤷🏾♂️
Quelle Suprise.
Listening to that right now. Keep up the good work.
Literally everyone has those in their portfolio. This is misleading and should be labeled by twitter
Does that surprise you? Thats why trumps getting rid of all the WH watchdogs! They're all thieves!
its not even shocking anymore, its not even news anymore. We can just assume every single one of them is committing crimes 24/7 and try to figure out how the hell we can stop them? ASIDE from simply voting.
This is completely unsurprising. 😑
NPR, no longer hiding their political bias, is unabashed in its democrat operatives hit pieces...
No surprise.
Of course. This administration is all about fraud and the ridiculous government contracts given to themselves and their friends anyways. The Kleptocracy in action!
O.K. so here's the question.... how long has he owned the stock? It isn't illegal, or even bad optics to own stock you know? All of the huge companies are doing work linked to the pandemic response.
Now do the Pelosi's 🤔
I wouldn’t reply if this wasn’t so one sided go look at the wealthy on the dem side. SpeakerPelosi JoeBiden BernieSanders SenSchumer the list goes on and on. If you are paid 175 thousand how do you have millions in cash and STOCKS. It’s both ways. It’s not oneside
Any mutual fund holder could own these. More FakeNews from NPR
That why Trump is going out of his way promoting the Abbott covid testing unit at the White House live demonstrations, aka “Trump home shopping network”.
That swamp is still not drained then. In fact, it probably got deeper.
Grifters. Every one of them.
Hopefully someone is looking into that.
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The biggest political scandal ever in America with Obama Admin illegally spying on and failed attempt to overthrow Trump BUT NPR doesn’t cover that,along with 90% of MSM.This is a coup attempt by high ranking Democratic operatives in Congresss to make One World Order w/King Soros
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My eyebrows refuse to raise
And why is this ok?
MaryAnnAhernNBC Any smart investor has those companies in their portfolio!
And all those companies manufacture ALL of their products overseas in Asia. NOT just Jina (realdonaldtrump vis China) but Vietnam, Cambodia and MOSTLY the Indian Subcontinent. Or as Rethugs call them, 'job creators.' For impoverished peasants suffering life under communism.
Me too
Knowing how you fail to mention Faucis stock ownership and the rest of the cabal we keep calling “leaders” instead of “servants” I’ll be glad when the cia journalists get what’s coming to them.
Most likely why PPE distribution was funneled through the private sector and illuminates reasoning for refusing the WHO tests so US private sector could create their own. These grifting swine made money on every possible opportunity
My stunned face 😐
Should be a good investment strategy. I suggest buying same stocks!
MaryAnnAhernNBC Of course he does.
Oh my gosh i own some of those stocks and I voted for Trump the full story at 5
remember when Trump said he would 'drain the swamp?' Looks more like he just flooded the swamp with raw sewage
Did he recently purchase these stocks? Or has he owned them for a while? What other government officials own these kinds of stocks? How much is to much to own?
In the Trump administration insider trading is ENCOURAGED not illegal!
realDonaldTrump has the dirtiest administration in modern history. What happened to DrainingTheSwamp DrainTheSwamp TrumpCrimeSyndicate TrumpCrimeFamily
The entire operation is about them getting richer. 100,000 Americans dead but they keep lining their pockets.
Please keep reporting on the financial ties to all policy decisions by this administration. Thank you.
What’s funny is, the Republicans around here would grill a guy in the press and make campaign ads against anyone who did this at the local level. They’d be forced to resign! A small city manager or board member couldn’t get away w/this!
Greed motivates this Administration. More than 100,000 Americans are dead from the pathetic response to the Covid pandemic. And also, American capitalism is gross.
Including 3M? It's in the DOW, I imagine anyone with a portfolio of that size would have companies in the DOW in their portfolio.
This is what corruption looks like.
Hmmm,my 401k is invested in these companies too! Damn grifter,i must be!
'could' conflict
So he publicly disclosed the information. Went along with all the required procedures and you wouldn’t know that until the 3rd or 4th paragraph below the charts. So weird that’s not higher up in the story.
Grifters incorporated. The Trump Criminal Organization. Our government is now officially as corrupt as Russia.
C’mon Man! Conflict of interest much?
Why is everyone so shocked by these revelations? This is why the response time was delayed. They needed to figure out what to invest in before they made any decisions.
'you expect me to go into public service and not use the inside info for personal financial gain? what's the point? '
Now do the Pelosi's:
Swampier swamp
Wonder when he bought them
Seems kinda swampy
This seems like a real reach