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Rep. Cleo Fields buys thousands in Oracle stock days before TikTok deal announced

Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:37 am
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:37 am
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Cleo Fields bought thousands of dollars' worth of Oracle stock in the days before the Trump administration announced that the company would be playing a role in the pending U.S. spinoff of TikTok from Chinese company ByteDance, NOTUS reports.

According to a congressional financial disclosure document reviewed by the outlet on Wednesday, Fields, a Democrat, bought between $80,000 and $200,000 worth of Oracle shares across three different trades on Sept. 17, 18 and 23.

The news of Oracle's involvement with the TikTok deal was reported on Sept. 22,
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Cleo Fields must be the luckiest SOB alive! What brilliant timing on his part!!!
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:40 am to
If Cleo is sitting at the congressional lunch table and people are talking stocks and he hears someone recommend to buy Oracle today, is that inside trading?
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
133418 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:41 am to
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If Cleo is sitting at the congressional lunch table and people are talking stocks and he hears someone recommend to buy Oracle today, is that inside trading?
If the information is not publicly available, then yes.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:42 am to
Also the September 23rd purchase date provides Cleo plausible deniability. That was probably the sole reason for a September 23rd purchase date.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:44 am to
Not saying it did not happen, but insider trading is so hard to prove.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12471 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:44 am to
DOJ and SEC need to investigate the frick out of this.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
90977 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:45 am to
these fricking guys

now do poor martha stewart who got locked up in the slammer for a much much MUCH more minor SEC offense.

frick all politicians.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
133418 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:46 am to
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Also the September 23rd purchase date provides Cleo plausible deniability. That was probably the sole reason for a September 23rd purchase date.
My thought also.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
90977 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:46 am to
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Not saying it did not happen, but insider trading is so hard to prove.


here's a suggestion: MAKE IT frickING ILLEGAL TO BUY & SELL STOCK WHILE YOU ARE A REP OF THE US GOVERNMENT.

force these corrupt motherfrickers to have a blind trust in full public view for any mutual fund or stock action.
Posted by Deerhunter62
Member since Mar 2014
348 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:47 am to
The reason he can do that is because the governor gave him his position.
Posted by YeastExtract
Member since Jul 2021
406 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:48 am to
They should only be allowed to buy index funds while serving. F’n criminals.
Posted by tom
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
8662 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:49 am to
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Not saying it did not happen, but insider trading is so hard to prove.

If Cleo Fields did something, it's likely illegal and definitely unethical.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15551 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:50 am to
Don't hate the player hate the game.

Politics are open to everyone. Go get elected and profit.

Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
70858 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:57 am to
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here's a suggestion: MAKE IT frickING ILLEGAL TO BUY & SELL STOCK WHILE YOU ARE A REP OF THE US GOVERNMENT.

force these corrupt motherfrickers to have a blind trust in full public view for any mutual fund or stock action.


Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
10680 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:58 am to
Since he is such an advocate for the African American community, surely he shared his advice with the black voters who elected him?
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
133418 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:58 am to
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here's a suggestion: MAKE IT frickING ILLEGAL TO BUY & SELL STOCK WHILE YOU ARE A REP OF THE US GOVERNMENT.

quote:

Responding to a growing controversy over investing practices, the Federal Reserve on Thursday (September, 25, 2025) announced a ban on officials owning individual stocks and limits on other activities as well.

The ban includes top policymakers such as those who sit on the Federal Open Market Committee, along with senior staff. Future investments will have to be confined to diversified assets such as mutual funds.

Fed officials can no longer have holdings in shares of particular companies, nor can they invest in individual bonds, hold agency securities or derivative contracts. The new rules replace existing regulations that, while somewhat restrictive, still allowed members to buy and sell stocks.
LINK

That's the way it should be for all Senators, Representatives, the POTUS and VP and all Cabinet officials.
Posted by LSUBanker
Gonzales, La
Member since Sep 2003
2650 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:00 am to
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bought between $80,000 and $200,000 worth of Oracle shares across three different trades on Sept. 17, 18 and 23.



This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 11:01 am
Posted by Man4others
Member since Aug 2017
2453 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:01 am to
It wasnt some secret that Oracle was predicted to be the buyer of TikTok. I was being discussed back in June
Posted by mwlewis
JeffCo
Member since Nov 2010
21704 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:02 am to
Yes it is
Posted by Crappieman
Member since Apr 2025
1672 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:03 am to
He's just following investing advice from Pelosi.
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