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DOGE committee goes off the rails after Democrats suggest Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in insider trading

By Bryan Metzger,

22 days ago

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Several Democrats suggested that Marjorie Taylor Greene had engaged in insider trading by buying up stocks during a tariff-induced dip in the market last month.
  • In a hearing on Wednesday, Democrats suggested Marjorie Taylor Greene had engaged in insider trading.
  • It caused the hearing to be suspended for 20 minutes.
  • Greene's trades during the April tariff dip have drawn scrutiny from Democrats.

Democrats suggested at a House hearing on Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had engaged in insider trading , derailing the proceedings for roughly 20 minutes.

The DOGE subcommittee , which is chaired by the Georgia Republican, was holding a hearing on transgender athletes competing in fencing and other sports.

As Democrats on the panel criticized Greene, two of them — Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett, both of Texas — brought up recent stock trades made by the congresswoman.

"We're here because Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that if she picks on vulnerable people like trans folks, she can avoid having a discussion about the allegations of insider trading against her," Casar said.

Greene purchased tens of thousands of dollars in stock in an array of companies between April 2 and 9, when President Donald Trump's tariff announcement and subsequent pause led to large shifts in the stock market. The congresswoman has maintained that the trades were made by an independent financial advisor.

"That's something that my portfolio manager does for me, and he did a great job," the congresswoman told the Georgia Recorder last month. "Guess what he did? He bought the dip."

Democrats have argued that Greene and other Republicans close to Trump may have known about the president's tariff moves ahead of time, allowing them to profit from nonpublic information .

When Crockett brought up Greene's trades, she displayed a poster featuring the congresswoman's face.

"Let's look at fraud," Crockett said. "We could investigate whether the White House and members of this subcommittee engaged in insider trading and market manipulation. Maybe it's a coincidence that the chairwoman brought hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stock the day before Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs, but I guess we'll never know."

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina then asked to take Crockett's words down, saying the Texas congresswoman was "alleging a criminal act." That led to the committee suspending its business to review Crockett's remarks.

Eventually, Greene called the meeting back to order.

The Georgia Republican asked Mace to withdraw her motion, saying that the Texas Democrat's remarks were "borderline" and that it was important to move on "in the interest of making sure that we stay on track, instead of getting sidetracked by Democrats' nonstop fake accusations."

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