Perry: Members Of Congress Who Insider Trade ‘Ought To Go To Jail, Period’

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Rick Perry is taking a strong stand after a ‘60 Minutes’ story on rules allowing members of Congress to use nonpublic information when making stock trades.

The story has lit up the Internet on the right and left, and Perry is seizing the moment.

“Any Congressman or Senator that uses their insider knowledge to profit in the stock market ought to to go jail, period,” Perry says in a new video:

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