April 03, 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives has urged a New York federal court to adopt a broader interpretation of the Constitution's speech or debate clause than the government has presented in its insider trading case against U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins, implying prosecutors overstepped their bounds in seizing legislative materials.
February 11, 2019
U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins, whom federal prosecutors have accused of insider trading, sought Friday in New York federal court to make the government hand over various materials including evidence supposedly showing his constitutional rights were violated.
August 08, 2018
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Wednesday indicted U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins on insider trading charges, accusing the New York Republican and others of using insider information gleaned from his position on the board of an Australian biotechnology firm to avoid nearly $768,000 in losses.