Again... conflicts of interest in govt. employees have long standing ethics rules. They have to divest themselves of specific interests in companies, and any investments must be held in either blind trusts or index funds.
The corruption of the modern GOP is just stunning.
Pure corruption.
SCOOP from @by-cjewett.bsky.social & me:
Markwayne Mullin urged the Department of Health and Human Service to remove warnings from the FDA website about the health risks of the gas station drug kratom.
Mullin owns equity in a leading kratom company called Botanic Tonics that could have benefited.
