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At least 62 members of 118th Congress have violated a federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law, a Raw Story analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals.

Most of these violations involve failures to properly disclose stock trades as required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. Some involve not abiding by the transparency and personal financial disclosure requirements first outlined in the STOCK Act's post-Watergate predecessor, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

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A Republican congressman violated a federal financial disclosure law by reporting two cryptocurrency purchases as much as a month past a mandatory deadline, a Raw Story review of congressional documents indicates.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) reported two purchases of Ethereum cryptocurrency, each valued between $1,001 to $15,000.

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A Michigan congresswoman has purchased stock in a medical devices technology company while serving on House subcommittees with oversight on health and technology, according to a Raw Story analysis of federal financial records.

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) purchased on Dec. 5 between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of stock in Medtronic, one of the largest medical device companies with products used for a range of procedures and treatments from general surgery to cardiovascular to diabetes. Her 2022 annual report filed May 15 also noted $1,001 to $15,000 worth of Medtronic stock in a retirement account.

Dingell serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and its subcommittees on communications and technology; health; and innovation, data and commerce. She is the third ranking member of the innovation, data and commerce subcommittee and fifth ranking member of the health subcommittee, according to legislation tracker BillTrack50....

Since Jan. 1, at least 37 members of Congress have violated a federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law, a Raw Story analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals.

Most of these violations involve failures to properly disclose stock trades as required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. Some involve not abiding by the transparency and personal financial disclosure requirements first outlined in the STOCK Act's post-Watergate predecessor, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

The most significant violator clocked in as much as six-and-a-half years late when reporting up to $8.5 million in stock transactions — Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA). Another lawmaker was just a couple days late but still logged up to $165,000 in late stock disclosures — Rep. John Curtis (R-UT). Between them are numerous other Republicans and Democrats alike who have consistently failed to abide by the STOCK Act....

Democratic candidates and committees have received nearly as much money as Republicans from the political action committee for Fox Corporation — parent company of Fox News, according to a mid-year report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.

FOX PAC reported disbursing nearly $232,000 during the first half of 2023. Of that amount, about $112,000 went to Democratic Party interests, with Democratic candidates receiving $62,000 in donations and committees and PACs primarily supporting Democratic candidates receiving another $50,000, the records indicate.

Democratic candidates receiving funds from FOX PAC so far this year are:...

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, the Florida congresswoman who blasted her Democratic predecessor for violating a federal conflicts-of-interest and financial disclosure law, appears to have broken the same law herself.

Again.

Salazar, a Republican, was late in disclosing her spouse’s $1,001 to $15,000 sale of stock in Florida renewable energy company, NextEra Energy Partners — an apparent violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, according to a Raw Story review of federal financial disclosures. ...