From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Kentucky congressman James Comer traded stocks ahead of coronavirus market plunge
Berry Craig
By ALFRED MILLER and PHILLIP M. BAILEY
Weeks before U.S. stocks began to plunge in the face of a global coronavirus pandemic, Rep. James Comer placed two trades that numerous other investors would later seek to mimic.
The 1st District Republican, who ran for governor in 2015, dumped his shares of Bank of America and bought shares of Slack, an instant messaging service popular with millennials and tech startups.
This information comes as members of Congress are being scrutinized more for their Wall Street trades amid the coronavirus outbreak.