WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined eleven of her Senate colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration's Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig on his plan to combat insider trading, manipulation, and fraud in prediction markets, which currently facilitate illegal gaming nationwide.
Their letter follows reporting (https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/venezuela-strikes/card/traders-made-timely-bets-on-maduro-ouster-3lDg9hjZ63vBLXgLBuVD?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdt23H0mkUeMs-UHlpS1kYuN0khl-aGB9xjXWIV2lQmPibnXtSf3UlGOJuVdxE%3D&gaa_ts=6959af3d&gaa_sig=UBJKq8D7MD9WM-utczuAShwU3DlP25nqhZENMAoiuYeuhiJ28G1yYtfpt26oBDTFm4f...