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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Niloy Chakrabarti

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Sold 23 Stocks Days Before Trump's Liberation Day Market Crash - Did He See It Coming?

Pete Hegseth also sold shares in early February. (Credit: AFP News)

Congressional trading surged right around US President Donald Trump's Liberation Day in early April as his tariffs announcement triggered a market crash that wiped out trillions of dollars across global markets.

Many politicians, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, appear to have timed the market with stock trades during the crash that generated significant profits in a short span after US markets rebounded from the shock tariff announcements.

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