The insider trading argument was proven to be nonsense. He had a <$5000 interest in a mutual fund that fractionally owns the drug manufacturer . For multi-millionaire to care about this would be like dumpster diving for pennies.

If anything the drug magically curing coronavirus would make the entire stock market, and his re-election chances, go up dramatically, so there is no need to look for an insider trading argument when plain old wishful thinking/stupidity explains it all.

This is the issue with front-page lies and 9th page retractions.

More like an issue with social media I think.

What front page carried an accusation of “insider trading” over the HCQ?

It appears to have been a story spread by twitter and facebook posts. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-p...

Using the “Front page” of a newspaper or reliable news source is much more likely to get real news than social media...