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Trump Bought Stock in Three Companies Days Before Public Praise
President Trump purchased shares in three corporations and publicly praised each within one or two days, according to first-quarter financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The filings were submitted late this month.
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U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The disclosures show the purchases totaled tens of thousands of dollars. The filings list the dates of the stock acquisitions and the dates of the subsequent public statements.
They cover transactions made during the first quarter of the current year. The disclosures do not state whether the public statements were connected to the stock purchases.
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