Rep. Chris Collins indicted on insider trading charges

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New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins, President Trump's first congressional backer in 2016, was indicted this morning on insider trading charges, federal prosecutors said.rnCollins, his son Cameron Collins and another associate were charged with securities fraud, wire fraud and lying to the FBI in connection with investments in Innate Immunotherapeutics, an Australian biopharmaceutical company, according to the indictment filed by the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York.