An investigation into insider trading related to tariff and oil deal announcements was squashed.
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The Health Ranger ReportOct 22, 2026
Reporting based on Bloomberg says a CFTC insider-trading referral into suspiciously timed oil trades before Trump's March 23, 2026 Iran announcement was ordered retracted after a Trump administration official intervened, so the probe was effectively halted.
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… I mean, somebody was making money before all these tariff announcements and all these, you know, victory announcements and all these oil deal announcements. Who was who was trading? Did you see they squashed that investigation, by the way? Yes, they did. Right, corruption is off the charts. Right, corruption is off the charts. But what if some of this is to make Trump the scapegoat, you know, to save the Gop's reputation, where people like Thune, you said, come out and say, you know, we were hoodwinked. This guy, he was never one of us. …
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Supports. Truthout (Oct 14, 2026) reports a Trump administration official intervened against a CFTC analyst referral for an insider trading investigation into oil sales minutes before Trump's March 23 Iran announcement.[4]
Supports. Ground News (Nov 1, 2026), citing Bloomberg, reports CFTC staff were told to retract the insider-trading referral, with the instruction coming from a senior adviser to the CFTC chairman and a former enforcement director calling the move unusual.[5]
Context. A July 2026 senators' letter notes that the DOJ and CFTC were reportedly investigating suspicious oil futures trading, so the probe was live before the reported retraction.[2]
Context. The White House has denied any wrongdoing, and the sources do not show that the tariff-related SEC inquiries were squashed, so the claim's tariff element is not addressed.[1][3]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Dem senators query government watchdogs over well-timed Wall Street betsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Commodity Futures Trading Commissionwarnock.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3NEWS: Sen. Schiff Joins Sens. Warren, Schumer to Call on SEC to ...schiff.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Trump Admin Killed Insider Trading Referral Probing Iran ...truthout.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil ...ground.news · not rated · cited for: supports
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