Paul Ryan — Insider Trading and Attack on Medicare
"Tom Ferguson: Ryan embodies what can appear as radical change to people who are desperate, but the full story of his alleged insider trading has yet to be told."
The Paul Ryan Insider Trading Story Won’t Die Because It’s Legitimate
The stock trades of Congressman Ryan deserve the closest scrutiny. So why is he getting a pass from the media?
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Editor's note: This post is a follow-up to an article published 8/15/12 on AlterNet: " Revealed: Romney Campaign's Attempts to Deny Paul Ryan's Insider Trading Don't Add Up ."
Ever since the Richmonder blog posted a story last weekend pointing to suspicious-looking stock trades made by Paul Ryan on September 18, 2008 – the day that Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson met with Congressional leaders to warn of an economic collapse and the need for a giant bailout – the press has been at sixes and sevens. Was it insider trading? Wasn't it? First the story circulated rapidly. Then, when the Romney/Ryan campaign quickly issued denials, some journalists, most notably Benjy Sarlin of Talking Points Memo , leapt to “debunk” the story. Matt Yglesias of Slate, who first credited the story, apologized and backed off.
Earlier this week, I posted an article challenging the denials made by the Romney/Ryan campaign.
Keep reading: The Paul Ryan Insider Trading Story Won’t Die Because It’s Legitimate | Alternet.
