Chris Collins Resigns Ahead of Insider Trading Guilty Plea
Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) resigned from his seat effective Monday ahead of an expected guilty plea for insider trading.
Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) resigned from his seat effective Monday ahead of an expected guilty plea for insider trading.
Indicted GOP Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY-27) announced on Monday he will remain on the general election ballot in November, throwing the outcome of the House race in the strongly Republican congressional district he has represented since 2012 into chaos.
Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” network legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin reacted to President Donald Trump’s Monday tweet that blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions for indicting GOP Congressmen California Rep. Duncan Hunter and New York Rep. Chris Collins just ahead of the midterms,
“Good job Jeff,” Trump wrote sarcastically, referring to Obama-era investigations of two House Republicans.
Charges of insider trading drove Rep. Chris Collins to suspend his campaign and announce on Saturday that he will “fill out the remaining few months of [his] term.”
Judge Roy Moore mocked Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) on Wednesday for not dropping out of his re-election race after being charged with insider trading.
Republican Party leaders could still replace troubled Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY). If so, they will have to act before mid-September.
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Representative Tom Reed (R-NY) stated that members of Congress should not be allowed to sit on the boards of publicly-traded companies. Reed declined to say Representative Chris Collins (R-NY) should resign, stating the decision
Rep. Chris Collins vowed to stay on the ballot for re-election despite being indicted on insider trading charges — but said last year that Roy Moore should drop out of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama despite never having been charged with any crime.
During a statement on Wednesday, Representative Chris Collins (R-NY) stated that he “followed all rules and all ethical guidelines when it comes to my personal investments,” including those with Innate Immunotherapeutics and dismissed the charges brought against him as “meritless.”
Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), an early supporter of Donald Trump’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination, blasted former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), the 2012 presidential nominee of the party. Collins described Romney, who is reportedly
Friday on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Company,” reacting to reports that former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) might publicly apologize to President-elect Donald Trump for his criticisms of then-candidate Trump, Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) said he should “absolutely” make “a
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump named Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins as co-chairmen of his U.S. House Leadership Committee to serve as liaisons and lead outreach efforts to other representatives in Congress.
HOUSTON, Texas — GOP frontrunner Donald Trump won three of the first four states during the GOP primary election cycle without securing a single endorsement from a sitting governor or member of Congress, something experts say is “significant” and “unusual.”