Georgia Politician Accused of Shocking Insider Trading Scandal—Did She Know Trump Would Flip?

Well it’s official: Marjorie Taylor Greene just got her Pelosi on. The Georgia representative just happened to go shopping for stocks right after Donald Trump nuked the markets with his April 2 tariff show, and now everyone from the cesspool we call the government wants to know: was this dumb luck, or did she know something we didn’t? 

Spoiler: if you believe it’s dumb luck, I’ve got some NFTs to sell you.

As we all know, on April 2, Trump announced “Liberation Day” tariffs—a full-blown 10% across-the-board import tax on basically every country that’s ever shipped a container to the U.S. Except China. They got hit with 145% because, well, as Donnie Politics says: “China is eating our lunch right now”. 

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So the markets did what the markets do when Trump or Elon speaks these days, they imploded. Worst single-day session since the early Covid days. And in that glorious crater of panic, Marjorie Taylor Greene saw opportunity. According to her own disclosures, she bought stock in companies like Apple, Lululemon, Dell, Amazon, and a few other household names on April 3 and 4—right in the aftermath of the tariff-induced selloff. 

Now to be clear, these weren’t YOLO type positions (each between $1,001 and $15,000), but the size didn’t matter here…it’s the timing that did the job, and it did it well. See, members of Congress are legally allowed to trade stocks. That’s the part that makes this whole thing even more deranged. The same people who sit in closed-door briefings and get early access to policy shifts can also just yeet into tech stocks after the market tanks—whereas, all they have to do is file a report within 45 days of the transaction.

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In Greene’s case, that disclosure just dropped. And now everyone’s asking the obvious question: Did she know Trump was going to reverse course before he publicly did on April 9? For more context, here’s the timeline of events: 

April 2th—Tariffs announced. Market tanks.

April 3rd–4th—Greene buys the f*cking dip like she’s running a hedge fund out of her congressional office.

April 9th—Trump pulls a 180, pauses tariffs for 90 days, says “people were getting yippy,” and markets rip higher.

April 10th—Greene’s trades start looking a hell of a lot more profitable.

Coincidence? I think not. But, but, but… naturally, her spokesperson called the idea of an insider trading probe “utterly absurd.” Which is exactly what you’d say if your boss just got caught being the Republican version of the Greatest Trader Alive (read: Nancy Pelosi). 

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And sure, Greene claims she doesn’t make her own trades. She's got a fiduciary agreement and a financial advisor calling the shots. But again, nobody’s buying that a random RIA in Alpharetta, Georgia just happened to time the bottom of a tariff panic perfectly. If that guy exists, well, what’s his name and what’s his number (asking for a friend…). 

Obviously, this whole issue has Democrats foaming at the mouth. Which is absolutely hilarious if they just open their eyes and remember their own list of dirty deeds. But alas, Rep. Greg Casar said we need to investigate "whether any K Street lobbyists or other big firms were tipped off by Donald Trump’s actions." Schiff and Gallego are demanding probes into whether Trump’s team—including family and friends— was trading around the announcement. And AOC, never one to miss a chance to go full scorched earth, suggested any member of Congress who bought stocks in the last 48 hours should “probably disclose that now.”

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Meanwhile, the White House is brushing it off like this is business as usual. Which to be fair, kind of is. Trump spent his whole first term dealing with Democrat accusations and B.S. So in their view, this is just another week of “fake news” while all they were trying to do was “reassure the markets” (allegedly). So with that, what now? 

Well, unless the SEC grows a spine (lol), don’t expect much. Congress has proven over and over again that it’s not interested in policing itself. The STOCK Act, a.k.a. the law that requires these trade disclosures is basically a participation trophy for ethics. No one goes to jail. Nobody gets fined. They just disclose after the fact and keep trading like it’s a Robinhood challenge. 

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But still, you can’t dismiss the timing. And with multiple lawmakers calling for investigations, rest assured this isn’t going away quietly. Because even if this wasn’t technically insider trading, it sure as hell looks like it. And in politics, just like in the markets, perception is half the game. The good news about all of this though? Stocks.News premium members have a front row seat to these Congressional trades as soon as they are reported. 

Meaning, while retail is stuck trying to figure out which way is up and which way is down, our premium members are cashin’ checks and snappin’ necks all day everyday. And if you haven’t atleast checked it out to see what all the hype is about… you might want to click here to start. Until next time, friends…

Stocks.News holds positions in Apple, Dell, and Amazon as mentioned in the article.