Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge

Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge

By STEPHEN BRAUN
The Associated Press

Published Feb 2, 2012 12:56PM MDT

Washington • Presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised in 2007 he would shed any investments that conflicted with Republican positions on hot-button domestic and foreign policy issues. But Romney’s family trusts kept some of those holdings and repeatedly bought new ones until 2010, when they were finally sold off for more than $3 million, according to a detailed review of Romney’s financial records by The Associated Press.
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