Rep. Ritchie Torres Calls on CFTC to Expand Investigation to Include $430 Million Oil Futures Trade Placed Minutes Before Trump’s Ceasefire Extension

This press release from Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) was published on 2026-04-22 and titled "Rep. Ritchie Torres Calls on CFTC to Expand Investigation to Include $430 Million Oil Futures Trade Placed Minutes Befor". It focuses on taxes.

Rep. Ritchie Torres Calls on CFTC to Expand Investigation to Include $430 Million Oil Futures Trade Placed Minutes Before Trump’s Ceasefire Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) sent a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig calling on the agency to expand its ongoing investigation into suspicious oil futures trading to include a $430 million bet on declining crude oil prices placed just minutes before President Trump publicly announced an indefinite [ ] The post Rep. Ritchie Torres Calls on CFTC to Expand Investigation to Include $430 Million Oil Futures Trade Placed Minutes Before Trump s Ceasefire Extension appeared first on Torres .