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No commercial mechanism identified. The article is about a political deepfake and an ethics complaint against a candidate. No commodity, company, supply chain, or market impact is discussed.

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  • An altered video of U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds falsely claims he supports insider trading for Congress members.
  • The manipulated clip misrepresents Donalds' actual statements from a May 8, 2025 interview.
  • A spokesperson for Donalds confirmed the video was a deepfake.
  • In 2024, the Campaign Legal Center filed an ethics complaint against Donalds for failing to disclose $1.6 million in stock trades.
  • Donalds attributed the nondisclosure to a broker acting on his behalf.

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