Declaring “I’m innocent of the charges” in regards to the pending federal case against him, Rep. Chris Collins addressed the topic when asked during a question and answer session Tuesday.
The one-year anniversary of Collins’ indictment on insider trading is approaching. after which he suspended his campaign, only to be re-elected in November.
Collins said he would not be making a decision yet as to whether he’d run again for re-election, but that a final decision was coming in the next few months. When asked if he would or could use a re-election campaign as a bargaining chip in his federal case, he said, “that’s laughable.”