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Federal Watchdog Investigates Adam Kinzinger for Kalshi Bets on His Pardon

The inquiry by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission centers on bets the former congressman made on Kalshi in the weeks before he was pardoned in January 2025.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Former Representative Adam Kinzinger was a member of the House select committee that investigated the January 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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Under Trump, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Scales Back Enforcement, Worrying Farmers

The fate of two cotton brokers highlights how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has scaled back its regulatory actions not just for crypto cases but also for the kinds of cases it has long policed.

© Kylie Cooper/Reuters

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, led by Michael S. Selig, has slowed enforcement. It has filed an average of one new complaint a month, one-fifth as many as during the Biden administration.
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