# CFTC Staff Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades

https://mins.news/en/video/98285

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-13 15:24 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhbSC7CM9sM

> CFTC analysts flagged unusually well-timed trades before President Donald Trump’s March 23 Truth Social post postponing planned U.S. strikes on Iranian energy facilities. Billions of dollars in contracts changed hands in the prior 15 minutes. Sources say analysts identified traders and referred their findings to enforcement, but a senior official asked them to withdraw the referral.

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