Credibility Trap: US Congressmen and Their Staffs Regularly Engage In Insider Trading

These dozen Congressmen are just the ones that would brag about it openly to Jack Abramoff.

Trading in insider information amongst the Congress and their staffs is a form of soft bribery that undermines the character of the legislation, and is a relative side dish compared to the huge amounts of lobbying funds being thrown around by corporate special interests.  And both parties are in on it