Scott Melker said the activity would strengthen the case for a law barring people in public office from trading individual accounts.
President Trump's investment accounts made more than 21,000 trades last year, according to new reports highlighted by The Daily Wolf's Scott Melker. Melker said, "It would be amazing to see a law passed by Congress and the government that prevented people in public office from trading at all." The remarks frame the reported trading volume as part of a broader debate over whether elected officials and other public office holders should face tighter restrictions on personal market activity to address potential conflicts of interest.