[elklindo69]

Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged this week as part of an insider trading scheme, is suspending his re-election campaign and will attempt to remove his name from the ballot.

The third-term congressman announced the decision Saturday morning on Twitter, just days after he vowed to clear his name and remain on the ballot.


Collins is facing multiple counts of securities fraud, as well as charges of wire fraud and lying to investigators. His son and another associate were charged in the scheme as well.

Federal prosecutors allege Collins — who sits on the board of an Australian pharmaceutical company — shared non-public details about the failure of a multiple sclerosis drug in clinical trials. Using that information, Collins’ family members were able to sell off shares and avoid more than $760,000 in losses, prosecutors say.

Collins, the first member of congress to endorse President Donald Trump in 2016, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

[johnforbes]

What is the point of the thread?

If he broke the law, he'll have to pay for that.

He claims Innate was helping those with MS and that is why he invested.

Whether that is true, or an excuse, is presently unknown.

[elklindo69]

Collins tipped his son to confidential corporate information and then lied about it to law enforcement. His son and fiance have been charged.

Now we have another Republican breaking the law and putting themselves before the public they’re supposed to be serving.

I thought Trump was supposed to drain the swamp?

[johnforbes]

Obama met with Farrakhan.

Does that mean he thinks and acts precisely as Farrakhan?

If some Dem or Repub engages in insider trading, and if that is proven in a court of law, then so be it.

The Obama Administration weaponized hugely important federal agencies for political purposes, and that was illegal, but leftists like Elkin seem to think that was dandy.

[elklindo69]

Trump was recorded by so many people and Obama was the only person who didn't record Trump.

Why did so many people record Trump? HHHMMMM...It really makes you wonder...doesn't it?

Insider trading is nothing more than Trump's culture of corruption...

[johnforbes]

Was Obama meeting Farrakhan part of his culture of racism?

[elklindo69]

Farrakhan was not enabled by Obama, meanwhile Trump throws away the dog whistle and now uses a bull horn!

But for Spencer, the most prominent member of the alt-right who attended the demonstration, Trump was sending a message that was reassuring.

“I was happy that he didn’t claim that white nationalists created these problems” in Charlottesville, he told The Times of Israel on Monday. “I think in his gut he knows that we are not the ones aggressing.”

Asked if he felt personally condemned by the president’s Saturday statement, Spencer said: “No.”