Democrats suggested that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in insider trading at a House hearing on Wednesday, derailing the proceedings for roughly 20 minutes.
The DOGE subcommittee, which is chaired by the Georgia Republican, was holding a hearing on transgender athletes competing in fencing and other sports.
As Democrats on the panel criticized Greene, two of them — Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett, both of Texas — brought up recent stock trades made by the congresswoman.
“We’re here because Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that if she picks on vulnerable people like trans folks, she can avoid having a discussion about the allegations of insider trading against her,” Casar said.
Greene purchased tens of thousands of dollars in stock in an array of companies between April 2 and 9, when President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement and subsequent pause led to large shifts in the stock market. The congresswoman has maintained that the trades were made by an independent financial advisor.
“That’s something that my portfolio manager does for me, and he did a great job,” the congresswoman told the Georgia Recorder last month. “Guess what he did? He bought the dip.”
Democrats have argued that Greene and other Republicans close to Trump may have known about the president’s tariff moves ahead of time, allowing them to profit from non-public information.
When Crockett brought up Greene’s trades, she displayed a poster featuring the congresswoman’s face.
“Let’s look at fraud,” Crockett said. “We could investigate whether the White House and members of this subcommittee engaged in insider trading and market manipulation. Maybe it’s a coincidence that the chairwoman brought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock the day before Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs, but I guess we’ll never know.”
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina then asked to take Crockett’s words down, saying the Texas congresswoman was “alleging a criminal act.” That led to the committee suspending its business to review Crockett’s remarks.
Eventually, Greene called the meeting back to order.
The Georgia Republican asked Mace to withdraw her motion, saying the Texas Democrat’s remarks were “borderline” and that it was important to move on “in the interest of making sure that we stay on track, instead of getting sidetracked by Democrats’ non-stop fake accusations.”
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