WTAS: Malinowski’s pandemic profiteering

May 21, 2021

After the AP reported that Tom Malinowski spent much of 2020 on a “stock buying and selling spree” to profit off the pandemic, Malinowski’s claim that this was all a “mistake” just isn’t going to cut it.

This story isn’t going away. Let’s take a look at what they’re saying:

New Jersey Globe: Malinowski faces renewed questions over stock trades in wake of AP report

  • Rep. Tom Malinowski is facing renewed questions over his failure to disclose stock trades made at the height of the pandemic potentially worth millions of dollars in the wake of an Associated Press report detailing trades the congressman made since early 2020.

Daily Beast: Rep. Tom Malinowski, Who Scolded COVID Profiteers, Moved $1 Million in Stocks During Pandemic Chaos

  • As millions of Americans lost their jobs and companies disappeared from existence during the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, things were looking good in Rep. Tom Malinowski’s (D-NJ) brokerage account.

The Hill: Rep. Malinowski traded as much as $1M in medical, tech stocks that had stake in COVID-19 response: AP

  • The congressman’s trade in the medical and tech companies were just one part of the approximately $3.2 million value of his buying and selling at the time, which the AP reported he failed to properly disclose to Congress as required by law. 

Washington Post: Rep. Malinowski bought as much as $1 million in medical, tech stocks amid coronavirus pandemic, report says

  • Since the early days of the coronavirus in the United States, Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) has bought or sold as much as $3.2 million in stocks — including spending as much as $1 million on shares in medical and tech firms affected by the country’s pandemic response, the Associated Press reported Friday.

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