Lawmakers are trying to stop staffers from insider trading. Campaign bets still surfaced.

Lawmakers are trying to stop staffers from insider trading. Campaign bets still surfaced.

Campaign staffers are making big bucks by betting on their own candidates in prediction markets, a new report by NPR revealed. This comes as lawmakers are trying to ensure insider trading rules will keep others from profiting off of their knowledge. In one instance detailed by NPR, a campaign staffer was given a tip about an unreleased poll showing that their candidate was up by a lot. This tip didn’t align with the campaign’s internal numbers, …