how do you think politicians make money? They usually own assets.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/23/nancy-and-paul-pelosi-are-trad...
So yeah, they do insider trading, but they are sometimes also the dupes in these deals. Look at their history. They make money, yes, but they lose a lot to stupid investments too, ones they obviously made because some Steve-Jobs-wannabe got a meeting with them and fired their reality distortion ray.