Learning that congressional leaders and their staff profited by selling stock before the market crashed based on insider information is outrageous. Claiming that the trades were initiated by financial advisers or family members who were unaware of the insider information that these “leaders” received in confidential briefings demonstrates that they are not only willing to profit from their positions, but they are willing to lie to cover it up.
If they had any integrity at all they would resign immediately and donate the profits to charity. Regardless, they should be prosecuted for violating the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. They have no moral authority to lead us out of this crisis.
GARY B. RICHARDSON
Hopkinton