U.S. Federal Officials Trade Stock in Companies Their Agencies Oversee

A.M. Edition for Oct. 12. A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that thousands of senior U.S. executive branch employees owned shares of companies whose fates were directly affected by their employers’ actions. WSJ investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus shares the takeaways from the investigation and the questions raised by those revelations. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices