WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and fellow Senate Agriculture Members Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), sent a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) calling for the Commission to conduct a full investigation and provide a public update and report to Congress regarding a series of suspicious trades in the oil futures market.
The well-timed bets have stood out in a market in which the price of oil has risen and dropped dramatically during President Trump's War in Iran.
"Recent U.S. military action against Iran has resulted in significant volatility in global markets, with...