PANews reported on April 9th ​​that, according to Jinshi, a US lawmaker stated that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should investigate unusual trading activity in the oil and stock futures markets shortly before Trump postponed a military strike against Iran last month. "The speed, size, and structure of the trading are highly suspicious," said Representative Rich Torres. "The facts are obvious, and neither the SEC nor the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can ignore this." The Democrat called on regulators to launch a formal investigation into oil, energy, and stock futures market trading in the minutes leading up to Trump's March 23rd post and to obtain trading records from the accounts associated with those transactions.