Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Well, my response is that my heart goes out to the family of Rachel Warren. As I said at the time, my heart breaks for what happened to them. That should not happen to any family in America. And I am very glad that a court of law convicted her killer. and is going to punish her killer in a court of law.
Well, my response is that my heart goes out to the family of Rachel Warren. As I said at the time, my heart breaks for what happened to them. That should not happen to any family in America. And I am very glad that a court of law convicted her killer. and is going to punish her killer in a court of law.
Well, my response is that my heart goes out to the family of Rachel Warren. As I said at the time, my heart breaks for what happened to them. That should not happen to any family in America. And I am very glad that a court of law convicted her killer. and is going to punish her killer in a court of law.
The reason we have courts of law are to punish the guilty, but also to make sure that those who have not committed crimes are not found guilty and arbitrarily detained. In other words, everybody has due process. So the effort by the Trump administration to try to conflate these two issues goes to the heart of what I was just talking about, their effort to change the subject.
The reason we have courts of law are to punish the guilty, but also to make sure that those who have not committed crimes are not found guilty and arbitrarily detained. In other words, everybody has due process. So the effort by the Trump administration to try to conflate these two issues goes to the heart of what I was just talking about, their effort to change the subject.
The reason we have courts of law are to punish the guilty, but also to make sure that those who have not committed crimes are not found guilty and arbitrarily detained. In other words, everybody has due process. So the effort by the Trump administration to try to conflate these two issues goes to the heart of what I was just talking about, their effort to change the subject.
But again, to the Morin family, we have three children. I cannot imagine losing a child in the heartbreak that caused, and it should not happen. And my heart breaks for everybody in Maryland or America who has lost a loved one to violence, regardless of the perpetrator.
But again, to the Morin family, we have three children. I cannot imagine losing a child in the heartbreak that caused, and it should not happen. And my heart breaks for everybody in Maryland or America who has lost a loved one to violence, regardless of the perpetrator.
But again, to the Morin family, we have three children. I cannot imagine losing a child in the heartbreak that caused, and it should not happen. And my heart breaks for everybody in Maryland or America who has lost a loved one to violence, regardless of the perpetrator.
He made $4.5 billion today and he made $900 million.
He made $4.5 billion today and he made $900 million.
He made $4.5 billion today and he made $900 million.
So you put it together exactly right. What you've got is somebody who is able to move the markets, who clearly wants to make money off this, wants to admire friends who made money off this. And now the question is, ooh, who had information just a little bit ahead of the public announcement? Did they or did their friends and family get that information and trade on it?
So you put it together exactly right. What you've got is somebody who is able to move the markets, who clearly wants to make money off this, wants to admire friends who made money off this. And now the question is, ooh, who had information just a little bit ahead of the public announcement? Did they or did their friends and family get that information and trade on it?
So you put it together exactly right. What you've got is somebody who is able to move the markets, who clearly wants to make money off this, wants to admire friends who made money off this. And now the question is, ooh, who had information just a little bit ahead of the public announcement? Did they or did their friends and family get that information and trade on it?
Because that one happens to be flatly illegal. Look, the facts are out there. It is time for an independent investigation.
Because that one happens to be flatly illegal. Look, the facts are out there. It is time for an independent investigation.
Because that one happens to be flatly illegal. Look, the facts are out there. It is time for an independent investigation.
Right. So I just want to say here, it is still their job. They may not do their job and we may have to be realistic about that, but dammit, we ought to call them out because it is the job of the SEC. It is the job of the DOJ to investigate exactly this kind of activity, whether it happens on Main Street or in the Oval Office.
Right. So I just want to say here, it is still their job. They may not do their job and we may have to be realistic about that, but dammit, we ought to call them out because it is the job of the SEC. It is the job of the DOJ to investigate exactly this kind of activity, whether it happens on Main Street or in the Oval Office.