of course...an FDA employee violated their employment agreement, and risks jail or federal charges relative to insider trading violations just because their was a friendly voice on the other end. LMAO
There is a reason they can not make these disclosures before the information is released in a public domain. Imagine the number of phone calls and the illegal trading that would occur if the FDA employees released non-public data ahead of news.
A little research into the employment agreements for FDA employees will inform you of how implausible this conversation was. Below is ACTUAL DD and not manufactured DD.
so why would a person risk jail time to disclose information illegally to somebody making a random phone call and could be an undercover cop running an audit?