I see this behaviour every day. There is even a Neapolitan expression for this: "chiagni e fotti" [1], which could be translated as "cry and screw (others)".
> I recently analyzed the trading activity of Senators [0]
How is this relevant? Surely any senator knowingly engaging in insider trading wouldn't do so directly. They would get someone else to profit from the info and give back to them in either untraceable or legit ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN75im_us4k