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Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) recently disclosed numerous transactions that all occurred in the months of April 2025 and November 2025, according to the Benzinga Government Trades page.
With the dates listed being in April 2025 and Nov. 7, 2025, these trades are likely violations of the Stock Act, according to well-known congressional trading trackers on social media.
PelosiTracker tweeted that Britt disclosed a purchase of JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) stock while she sat on the Senate Banking committee.
“$JPM is up now up 27% since her purchase. But the worst part is you couldn't have even followed this. Because she violated the STOCK Act by disclosing this trade hundreds days late. Her fine? $200, less than the price of a speeding ticket in most states," the tweet continued.
Quiver Quantitative also tweeted on the matter: "BREAKING: We just caught more STOCK Act violations. Senator Katie Britt just filed over a dozen stock transactions months past the filing deadline. She bought Google, $GOOG, in April. It has risen 106% since then.”
Benzinga reached out to Britt for comment. Britt’s husband, former NFL player Wesley Britt, could have made the trades disclosed, which were listed as being made by a spouse. The timing of the trades would still be in violation, whether made by a spouse.
The Stock Act currently requires members of Congress to disclose their stock, options and cryptocurrency purchases and sales over $1,000 within 45 days of the transaction date made by themselves or spouses.
Among the trades disclosed were some stock positions that were taken in April 2025 and the stock then later sold the same month or in November 2025. Here are those trades:
Several other stocks recently disclosed were purchased in April, but no sale date was given. This includes $1,000 to $15,000 purchases of EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), United Parcel Services (NYSE:UPS) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT).
Along with the timing of the trades possibly violating the Stock Act, Britt's position on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Development and the purchase of JPMorgan stock has drawn criticism and potential conflicts of interest.
It has become increasingly popular for retail traders to follow the trading activity of members of Congress to see if there are potential conflicts of interest and in some cases make similar trades.
Investors were unable to make the same trades or take positions in many of the stocks Britt bought because the shares were bought in April 2025 and sold in November 2025, before being disclosed in January 2026.
This includes the following gains for stocks, based on the highest price of the stock on the purchase date and the highest price of the stock on the sale date.
The UnitedHealth shares were sold at a loss, but also came months before the stock collapsed further. The Visa and ExxonMobil stocks were sold at a small profit or loss, depending on the timing of the trades.
Benzinga will continue to monitor the timing of trades made by members of Congress and any that spark potential conflicts of interest or timing violations.
Image: Shutterstock
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