Longtime Trump foe Letitia James reviewing possible insider trading over president's tariff pause

New York Attorney General Letitia James is in the preliminary stages of looking into whether President Donald Trump's recent reciprocal tariff pause included insider trading violations, Fox News Digital confirmed. 

James, who is a longtime political foe of Trump's, is only in the preliminary stages of investigating whether Trump or people close to him may have had advance knowledge of a tariff decision that caused stock markets to surge. The attorney general's office confirmed the preliminary review of the matter to Fox News Digital Wednesday morning.

Trump's customized, reciprocal tariffs on nations that historically have installed trade barriers on U.S. goods took effect Apri...