71 members of Congress have violated a law designed to prevent insider trading and stop conflicts-of-interest

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California.
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Feinstein was months late disclosing a five-figure investment her husband made into a private, youth-focused polling company.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama.
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Tuberville was weeks or months late in disclosing nearly 130 separate stock trades from January to May.

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas.
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Marshall was up to 17 months late disclosing stock trades for one of his dependent children.

Sen. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado

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In May 2020, Hickenlooper was months — and in two cases, more than a year — late in disclosing five separate stock trades for himself or his wife that, taken together, are worth between $565,000 and $1.3 million, nonprofit news organization Sludge reported.

Then, in June, Hickenlooper failed to disclose purchases of varying classes of stock from by his wife. They include shares of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail, and Liberty Broadband Corporation in 2021 and early 2022. The stocks were valued between $516,006 and $1.2 million. Hickenlooper was also late in reporting that his wife sold between $130,004 and $300,000 worth of stock in Liberty Media Corporation and Liberty Broadband Corporation from March 2022. 

Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky

Sen. Rand Paul.
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Paul was 16 months late in disclosing that his wife bought stock in a biopharmaceutical company that manufactures an antiviral COVID-19 treatment, the Washington Post reported.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island.
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Whitehouse was a couple days late disclosing January 2022 purchases of Target Corporation and Tesla Inc. stock, each valued at between $15,001 and $50,000.

Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida

Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida.
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Scott on August 15, 2022, reported that he and his wife sold up to $450,000 in stock in Emida Corporation in September 2021 — months after a federal reporting deadline.

Sen. Tom Carper, a Democrat from Delaware

Sen. Tom Carper, a Democrat from Delaware.
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Carper was about four months late disclosing his wife's sale of stock in a gold mining company.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, a Republican from Tennessee

Sen. Bill Hagerty, a Republican from Tennessee.
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Hagerty was months late disclosing stock trades on behalf of his dependent children.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming

US Senator from Wyoming, Cynthia Lummis.
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Lummis was several days late reporting a purchase in August of up to $100,000 in bitcoin, CNBC reported.

Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan

Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan.
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Peters was months late disclosing a purchase of up to $15,000 worth of stock in FS KKR Capital Corp., which manages business development companies, nonprofit news organization Sludge reported.

Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona

Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona.
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Kelly, a retired astronaut, failed to disclose on time his exercising of a stock option on an investment in a company that's developing a supersonic passenger aircraft, Fox Business reported

Rep. Tom Malinowski, a Democrat from New Jersey

Rep. Tom Malinowski, a Democrat from New Jersey.
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Malinowski failed to disclose dozens of stock trades made during 2020 and early 2021, doing so only after questions from Insider.

The independent Office of Congressional Ethics, in part citing Insider's reporting, found "substantial reason to believe" that Malinowski violated federal rules or laws designed to promote transparency and defend against conflicts. It voted 5-1 to refer its findings to the Democrat-led House Committee on Ethics, which confirmed on October 21 that it will continue reviewing the matter.

Rep. Pat Fallon, a Republican from Texas

Rep. Pat Fallon, a Republican from Texas.
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Fallon was months late disclosing dozens of stock trades during early- and mid-2021 that together are worth as much as $17.53 million. Fallon was late again in December 2021 disclosing stock trades.

Rep. Diana Harshbarger, a Republican from Tennessee

Rep. Diana Harshbarger, a Republican from Tennessee.
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In 2021, Harshbarger failed to properly disclose more than 700 stock trades that together are worth as much as $10.9 million.

Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat of Nevada

Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat from Nevada.
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Lee failed to properly disclose more than 200 stock trades between early-2020 and mid-2021. Together, the trades are worth as much as $3.3 million.

Separately, Lee and her husband traded eight stocks during 2021 that Lee did not report until August 13, 2022.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina.
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Cawthorn was months late in May 2022 when disclosing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of purchases and sales of two cryptocurrencies: ethereum and Let's Go Brandon Coin, the latter referencing an anti-Joe Bien slogan.

Then, in June 2022, he was again months late in disclosing two-dozen additional cryptocurrency trades. 

Rep. Katherine Clark, a Democrat from Massachusetts

Rep. Katherine Clark, a Democrat from Massachusetts.
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Clark, one of the highest-ranking Democrats in the House, was several weeks late in disclosing 19 of her husband's stock transactions. Together, the trades are worth as much as $285,000. She has since stopped trading stocks.

Rep. Blake Moore, a Republican from Utah

Rep. Blake Moore, a Republican from Utah.
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Moore in early- to mid-2021 did not properly disclose dozens of stock and stock-option trades together worth as much as $1.1 million. He was late again disclosing trades made in August.

On June 7, 2022, Moore established a qualified blind trust, formally ceding control of his investments to an independent trustee. 

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland.
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Raskin failed to disclose on three annual congressional financial reports that his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, held stock in Reserve Trust. He then didn't disclose that she sold the stock, valued at $1.5 million, until months after a federal deadline for doing so. In early 2022, Raskin explained that sale disclosure delay occurred following his son's death.

Then, in June 2022, Raskin was again late disclosing stock trades. This time, it involved an exchange of stocks his wife received when I(X) Investments merged with Net Zero — a trade valued at between $250,001 and $500,000.  

Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican from Alabama

Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican from Alabama.
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Brooks, a US House member who ran for a US Senate in 2022 but lost in a primary, failed to properly disclose a sale of Pfizer stock worth up to $50,000.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado

Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado.
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Boebert failed for months to disclose between $5,000 and $80,000 worth of transactions, made in 2021, involving various stocks, cryptocurrency, and brokerage funds that belong to her husband, the Colorado Sun reported.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas.
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Crenshaw was months late disclosing several stock trades he made in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Daily Beast reported.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Florida

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Florida.
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Wasserman Schultz was months late reporting four stock trades made either for herself or her child.

Rep. Kathy Manning, a Democrat from North Carolina

Rep. Kathy Manning speaks during the news conference on the introduction of the Medicaid Saves Lives Act on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
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Manning and her husband were late — sometimes by months — disclosing several dozen stock trades made in 2021 that together were worth up to $1.25 million, according to nonprofit news organization Sludge.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat from New Jersey

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat from New Jersey.
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Sherrill was months late disclosing two sales of vested stock her husband earned as part of his employment. The trades were worth up to $350,000 and Sherrill paid a $400 late fee. 

Rep. Kevin Hern, a Republican from Oklahoma

Rep. Kevin Hern, a Republican from Oklahoma.
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Hern did not disclose nearly two-dozen stock trades in a timely manner, in violation of the STOCK Act. Taken together, the trades are worth as much as $2.7 million.

Rep. Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida

Rep. Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida.
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Mast was late disclosing that he had purchased up to $100,000 in stock in an aerospace company. The president of the company had just testified before a congressional subcommittee on which Mast sits.

Separately, Mast sold stock worth up to $50,000 in Ideal Power, a company that develops power switches for electric vehicles and other machinery, in February 2021. But he didn't properly report the sale to the US House of Representatives until August 12, 2022 — about a year-and-a-half after a federal deadline.

Rep. Brad Schneider, a Democrat from Illinois

Rep. Brad Schneider, a Democrat from Illinois.
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In mid-2022, Schneider was about two months late disclosing two stock trades involving a pet insurance company.

Separately, Schneider's wife sold up to $150,000 worth of Trupanion stock in February and December of 2021. But Schneider did not report the trades until August 13.

Rep. Michael Guest, a Republican from Mississippi

Rep. Michael Guest, a Republican from Mississippi.
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Guest was more than eight months late disclosing trades in the stock of two oil companies held by a family trust benefitting his wife.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from New York

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from New York.
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Maloney was months late in disclosing he sold eight stocks he inherited in mid-2020 when his mother died.

Rep. Lori Trahan, a Democrat from Massachusetts

Rep. Lori Trahan, a Democrat from Massachusetts.
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Trahan was months late disclosing the sale of stock shares in a software company.

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat from Pennsylvania

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat from Pennsylvania.
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Scanlon's husband sold four stocks in February 2021 collectively worth up to $95,000 and exchanged up to $15,000 in shares of DuPont de Nemours early that same month, according to a disclosure she filed August 12, 2022 — almost a year-and-a-half after the fact.

In a separate disclosure filed August 26, 2022, Scanlon was months late reporting an exchange in shares of Exelon Corporation, a power generation company, that she jointly owned with her husband.

Rep. John Rutherford, a Republican from Florida

Rep. John Rutherford, a Republican from Florida.
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Rutherford failed to properly disclose five individual stock transactions he made in late 2020.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey

Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey outside the Capitol on October 21, 2021.
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Gottheimer and his wife exchanged up to $15,000 worth of stock in Independent Bank Corp. in November 2021, but waited until August 2022 to report it.

Rep. Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee

Rep. Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee.
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Green was about two weeks late disclosing the June 2022 purchase of an energy stock valued at up to $250,000.



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