WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
After new reports revealed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's broker reportedly attempted to make major defense investments ahead of Trump's attacks on Iran, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee; along with Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs; and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), pressed Hegseth on what appears to be a major conflict of interest and possible violation of his federal ethics agreement.
"This would be a profound conflict of interest and a potential violation of yo...