It all depends upon what the committee was told about what to expect. If it was information that was not available to the public, meaning insider information, then that must not be acted upon. Insider information can even be an expert’s assessment of the situation, if it was something that the public would probably act upon if they had known. Knowing there is a risk in general is not the issue. Was there a specific assessment (I bet there was) of the impact on all of these business models going forward that was not available to the public.
Time will tell what will happen, I guess, but I am assuming there will be no prosecutions without some more direct evidence of wrongdoing.
I understand - but what bothers me is the timeline: the president issued the travel ban and quarantine on January 31sr but the Burr financial transaction occurred two weeks later - February 13th. I just don’t see how that can be considered as insider trading.