This is standard operating procedure.
Reps and others pass laws; they invest accordingly.
It's easy to make a fortune when you can predict outcomes. "If we pass this law, ________ will profit. Let's buy ________ now, before the rush of investors."
This is why they and their entire families become stinking rich on such a small salary, looking into Maxine Waters recently, for example, was blatant and shocking to me.
Trump's entire family are now billionaires, in just a few years in office.
Add up all of these little "perks" and you realize that politics are one of the easiest ways to become rather wealthy... much easier than running a small business, for example.
