Wife of Rep. Mike Kelly may have used 'confidential information' she got via her husband...

[Nevilledog]

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Ron Filipkowski
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Victoria Kelly, wife of GOP Rep. Mike Kelly (PA) purchased stock in a steel company one day after her husband successfully lobbied the Trump administration for assistance against a foreign competitor.

Wife of Rep. Mike Kelly may have used 'confidential information' she got via her husband to reap...
Victoria Kelly purchased thousands of stock in a company for which her husband was securing federal support, an ethics watchdog report says.
businessinsider.com
6:53 PM · Oct 23, 2021

https://www.businessinsider.com/probe-stock-purchase-wife-mike-kelly-congressional-ethics-2021-10

There is "substantial reason to believe" the wife of Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly profited by thousands of dollars on a stock purchase she made using "confidential information" she learned through her husband, according to an Office of Congressional Ethics report released Thursday.

In April 2020, Victoria Kelly purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of stock in Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., an Ohio-based steelmaking company. Prior to that, the company said it would shut down their plant in Kelly's district unless former President Donald Trump's administration helped it compete with foreign producers, the report said.

Kelly lobbied for the company to the Trump administration, which complied with his request on April 28, 2020, according to the report. Victoria Kelly made the stock purchase the following day, days before any public announcement.

"The purchase occurred just after her husband, in the course of his official job duties, learned confidential information about the company," the report said.

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So do you have to be a criminal to become a Republican, or does being a Republican make you into a criminal? I'm going with both.

[rickyhall]

1. They simply have no respect for the law.

[czarjak]

2. To be fair...

Just spreading the wealth? Rich Republicans are the experts. Period.

[dchill]

3. Well, you don't HAVE to be a criminal to BECOME...

...a Republican, but pretty soon you'll just get tired of swimming against the current.

[PatSeg]

4. Such creepy people

They look like stereotypes out of a movie about clueless, crass rich people.

[NBachers]

5. Odious Rep. Chris Collins of Buffalo was sent to prison for insider trading on TFGs White House lawn

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/former-n-y-rep-christopher-collins-sentenced-federal-prison-insider-n1118196

He was later pardoned by The Fucking Goon and his 26 month sentence shortened, but he lost his job as a Representative, and still had to be booked, processed, and serve time.