Ro Khanna Responds to Insider Trading Accusations: ‘My Wife Has Premarital Assets in a Trust’

EXCERPT:

KHANNA: "Well, it’s a total lie. It’s been debunked by all of the people who have looked at it. My wife has premarital assets in a trust. I’ve been leading the charge to get stock trading banned in the Congress. I’m a coauthor of the Trust Act that would require all members to actually have their assets in a trust, and all the independent ethics — "

KEILAR: "But what about a blind — the issue, maybe, of blind trust?"

KHANNA: "Well, it’s a diversified trust. It is widely diversified, and neither I or any of my family members know of the trades, and it complies with the Trust Act. It’s exactly what the Trust Act requires. And this is not me. This is what all of the independent ethics observers have said."