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Trump goes off on Josh Hawley over insider trading bill
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – Senator Josh Hawley joined Democrats to advance the HONEST Act banning stock trades by Congress and top officials, drawing sharp criticism from President Trump.
- Trump criticized Senator Josh Hawley as a 'second-tier senator' on Truth Social after a vote concerning stock trading legislation.
- Trump accused Hawley of aligning with Democrats and described him as a pawn in their efforts against him.
- Hawley was the only Republican senator to support the stock trading bill when it was released from committee.
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Trump ‘in discussions’ with Hawley, lawmakers about stock trading bill
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spoke with Sen. Josh Hawley about a Senate measure that would ban trading and ownership of stocks and certain other assets by lawmakers, the president and vice president and their spouses and dependent children shortly…
Missouri Sen. Hawley describes social media kerfuffle with Trump as a misunderstanding - Missourinet
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, finds himself on the receiving end of a harsh social media post by President Donald Trump. Hawley is sponsoring a bill to ban members of Congress from being able to trade individual stocks. An amendment to the bill would have carved out an exemption to allow the president to engage […]
The effort to ban congressional stock trading has a Trump problem
Sen. Josh Hawley said he spoke to Trump on Wednesday after the president called him "second-tier" over his stock trading ban bill.Jim Watson / AFP via Getty ImagesThe movement to ban lawmakers from trading stocks just got more complicated.Democrats and Republicans are at odds over whether the bill should include Trump too.Sen. Josh Hawley told BI he cleared the air with Trump after the president called him "second-tier."Sen. Josh Hawley didn't s…
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