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Rand Paul Discloses His Wife’s Investment in Company Behind Remdesivir, 16 Months Later

Rand Paul Discloses His Wife’s Investment in Company Behind Remdesivir, 16 Months Later
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and wife, author Kelley Paul, visit SiriusXM for a Town Hall with Olivier Knox and Julie Mason in New York City, on Oct. 11, 2019. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for SiriusXM
Isabel van Brugen
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday disclosed in documents that his wife bought stock in Gilead Sciences, which manufactures antiviral drugs, in February 2020—before the threat from the CCP virus was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

Paul said that he missed the deadline for filing such disclosures by 16 months because he wasn’t aware of the investment at the time. Under the anti-insider trading law called the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, the senator had a 45-day deadline from the time of investment.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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