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Matthew Chapman

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Did cawthorn break insider trading law | Mind Blowing Facts

U.S. Rep Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) Brandon Bell/Getty Images

On Tuesday, the Washington Examiner reported that experts suspect Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., may have violated insider trading laws when he promoted a cryptocurrency named after a vulgar chant against President Joe Biden.

"On Dec. 29, the beleaguered North Carolina congressman posed at a party with James Koutoulas, a hedge fund manager and the ringleader of the Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency, a meme coin set up in the wake of the chant mocking President Joe Biden," reported Andrew Kerr. "'LGB legends. ... Tomorrow we go to the moon!' Cawthorn, who has stated publicly he owns the cryptocurrency, posted on Instagram in response to the picture posted on Koutoulas's Instagram page."

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