Research that resonates.

He's the president of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Switzer.

Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer has spent many years, in fact, probably

done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done, chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington.

Be very prescient Eric Eggers. Join me right now is Government Accountability Institute Research Director, Eric Eggers. We're going to take information that we've learned, that people like

Peter Schweitzer have uncovered, and we're going to try to go further. Great investigative reporting,

Peter. You're the only one doing it. Thank God.

Eric Eggers from the Government Accountability Institute and co-hosts of that great podcast, The Drilled Down with Peter Schweitzer.

This is The Drill Down with Peter Schweitzer.

Hi, it's Peter Schweitzer and welcome to The Drill Down. Well, the big story, of course, is the war in Iran.

What role is China playing and what does the nature of the Chinese regime tell us about what their goals and expectations are in the war with Iran?

And on the question of this outbreak of conflict, are there people actually trading stocks engaging in insider trading

as the war is unfolding? We're going to unpack that today, of course, with Eric Eggers.

Eric, you're the perfect one to do insider trading, not because you necessarily engage in insider

trading, but you've been known to bet more than a few

times. Let's put it the other way. I've been known to make money in illicit ways, Peter Schweiser.

No, that's not entirely true. But I am more vaguely familiar with some of these gambling markets.

It's obviously been the thing that over the last five years is heavily regulated. But what's

interesting about this is, and you know, you wrote a book over a decade. obviously been the thing that over the last five years is heavily regulated. But what's interesting

about this is, and you know, you wrote a book over a decade ago about insider trading by

members of Congress, and that prompted some regulatory action short lived as it was. But now we

have these new formats, whether it's Polymarket or Kalshi. And it allows for people to bet on anything

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