Prof. Painter Quoted in Editorials on Insider Trading

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial and a separate editorial in North Dakota's Grand Forks Herald. Both editorials criticized securities trades allegedly made by Members of Congress while in possession of confidential government information about the 2008 financial crisis. Both editorials quoted Painter's statement in an earlier interview with the Washington Post that Members of Congress should observe for themselves the conflict of interest and insider trading rules that they impose on the executive branch and on the private sector.