Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) recently made headlines in the world of stocks with a financial disclosure showing that her husband, former NFL player Wesley Britt, did not publicly disclose 2025 purchases until January 2026.
Britt's office has new comments on the transactions, including an effort to make things right.
Sen. Katie Britt's Late Stock Disclosure
Britt recently disclosed numerous trades dating back to April 2025 and November 2025, according to the Benzinga Government Trade page.
The transactions were flagged on social media as violations of the STOCK Act, which requires members of Congress from disclosing their own and trades made by spouses within 45 days of the transactions.
Among the transactions was the purchase of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) stock in April that had not yet been sold. Britt sits on the Senate Banking Committee, drawing particular attention to her husband’s purchase of a large stake in a financial stock.
The JPM shares were later sold on Jan. 28, returning a profit for the Britts.
The senator's office told AL.com that she had "no knowledge of that stock holding," in reference to JPM stock.
"Upon learning of it, she requested the stock be unloaded from the account to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest," Britt's office said.
The senator's office confirmed that the stock is no longer owned by Britt or her husband.
"All proceeds from the transaction are being donated to charity."
A spokesperson for Britt said her husband was not aware of the JPM stock trade, according to comments made to the Daily mail.
"These individual equity trades were in Mr. Britt's broker-managed retirement account and made without his knowledge or consent," a spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
The spokesperson said the disclosure was made when the Britts became aware of the transactions. New guardrails have been put in place to prevent this from happening again, the spokesperson said.
JPMorgan Trade Only One of The Winning Trades
While the sale of the JPM stock and the donation of proceeds to charity could help Britt look positive to the public, it's important to remember that the banking stock was only one of the stocks involved.
Benzinga previously reported that shares of several Magnificent Seven stocks were purchased in April and later sold in April or November, without disclosure until January, months after the trades had taken place.
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, calculated using the stock’s highest purchase price and its highest sale price.
- Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL): +27.9%
- Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN): +32.3%
- Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG): +73.4%
- NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA): +72.9%
These trades all delivered strong returns in a short time and may have outperformed the senator's JPM stock transaction and the proceeds donated to charity.
Benzinga will continue to monitor the timing of trades by members of Congress and any that may raise potential conflicts of interest or timing violations.
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