From the newsroom of the Washington Post,

Washington Post, this is Colby.

Hi, it's Stephanie McCreement from the Washington Post.

This is Post Reports.

I'm Maggie Penman, Informer Team Powers.

It's Wednesday, December 16.

Today, Hallamaikers vote to enrich themselves.

The controversy over Biden's defense pick.

And a food critic on getting COVID.

So let's start with who are you and what do you do for the post?

Sure, my name is Chris Ingram, and I'm a reporter for the post.

I specialize in anything having to do with data.

And that can be weird fun things like maps of the ugliest places in America.

And it can be more serious things like this story.

Chris has been reporting on new research about the link between Hallamaikers vote and the stocks they own.

It's been in the news.

It's about congressional stock ownership and questions about insider trading.

And it's been an issue because in the Georgia runoff.

These races, which will determine the balance of power in the Senate,

have garnered national attention and millions of dollars in fundraising.

We have Georgia Republicans, Kelly Leffler, and David Perdue.

And they've faced a lot of questions over the past year about a series of very well timed trades

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