JEFFREY CARTER: Rigging Markets: Washington Seems To Be Pretty Good At It. “Over the years I have written a lot about how people in Washington DC take advantage of inside information and trade the market. If you were a corporate executive you would go to jail for the same actions. This is not a new issue. It’s a recurring issue. . . . There will be no high crimes and misdemeanor Congressional hearings on this since they often are in on the game. I will tell you that if I was in office, I would put a stop to it once and for all. Rigging markets is one of the worst things that can happen in a capitalistic society.”