> The news doesn't seem to have been that bad for Intel's stock
That's a red herring. Krzanich had no idea how badly the news would impact the stock. He may have well overestimated it in his mind and chose to sell. Just because he didn't make huge gains from the possible insider trading, doesn't preclude the possibility of insider trading occurring.
So the whole argument here is:
1) Krzanich couldn't be possibly stupid enough to do this.
2) He didn't make a ton of money so it's a stupid plan, he could't possibly be stupid enough to do this.
That's a red herring. Krzanich had no idea how badly the news would impact the stock. He may have well overestimated it in his mind and chose to sell. Just because he didn't make huge gains from the possible insider trading, doesn't preclude the possibility of insider trading occurring.
So the whole argument here is:
1) Krzanich couldn't be possibly stupid enough to do this.
2) He didn't make a ton of money so it's a stupid plan, he could't possibly be stupid enough to do this.
Weak.