Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17 · Aired Aug 13, 2026
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Former Congressman George Santos was investigated by the DOJ for insider trading.
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Santos was investigated over an event-contract trading issue, but it was the CFTC, not the DOJ, and the case was over manipulative trading of a prediction market contract tied to his own State of the Union attendance, not classic insider trading. He settled with the CFTC in July 2026 for about $35,000.
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Is it true that Former Congressman George Santos was investigated by the DOJ for insider trading?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Santos was investigated over an event-contract trading issue, but it was the CFTC, not the DOJ, and the case was over manipulative trading of a prediction market contract tied to his own State of the Union attendance, not classic insider trading. He settled with the CFTC in July 2026 for about $35,000. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17, aired Aug 13, 2026, at 4:16:12. The supporting source is cftc.gov, linked below.
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