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US Soldier Charged With Using Classified Data to Bet on Capture of Maduro

A US Army soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, was charged with using classified information to bet on if then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would be removed from office. Prosecutors say Van Dyke used Polymarket's prediction market and made more than $400,000. Van Dyke was part of the US team that eventually arrested Maduro in Venezuela. Matt Miller and Dani Burger discuss.

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DOJ Dropping Powell Probe Is Step in Right Direction, French Hill Says

US Representative French Hill, chair of the House Financial Services Committee, discusses the recent decision by the Department of Justice to drop the criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve's building costs. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Rep. Hill says the criminal probe was a distraction that could have delayed the appointment of a new Federal Reserve chair.

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