Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) charged with insider trading by federal prosecutors

[smurfy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/08/rep-christopher-collins-r-ny-charged-with-insider-trading-federal-prosecutors-announce/?utm_term=.a25d86e09dd5

[Orpheus]

Fun fact: Collins was the very first House Republican to endorse Donald Trump way back in 2015. He remains very close to Trump.

[Borealis]

Surprising Trump didn't reward him like Sessions.

[Fate]

Pardon in 3....2...1...

[Zakk]

Imagine that, another scumbag republican.

[isak]

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1027190575123124225

This could be another congressional seat in the bag for the Democrats. A scandal of this magnitude - getting fucking arrested by the FBI - can cost 10-12 points, and November's coming up real soon. Plus, I guarantee McMurray will be able to get a bump from the publicity alone.

That said, Collins was up 34 fucking points in NY-27 in 2016. Even with this scandal, and if McMurray capitalizes on it perfectly, and with the general blue shift we've seen across the country, there's probably no real chance of a flip. It'll be fun as hell to see a 25-plus-point drop come November though.

[bitches]

"It's a deep state anti trump conspiracy"

[That Deer]

...and another one bites the dust!

[smurfy]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/08/11/politics/chris-collins-suspends-campaign/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

[gman003-main]

I am pretty fond of this blog article on the subject, if just for the headline:

http://loweringthebar.net/2018/08/dumbest-insider-trading-crime.html