STOCK Act

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into Sen. Richard Burr’s (R-NC) unloading of upwards of $1.72 million in stock ahead of the coronavirus pandemic.

A majority of Republican Senator Richard Burr’s constituents in North Carolina believe he should resign for selling upwards of $1.72 million in stock ahead of the coronavirus pandemic.

A newly filed lawsuit in federal court alleges Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) may have committed securities fraud for selling upwards of $1.72 million in stock before the coronavirus pandemic reached its height in February

Members of Congress should be required to place their investments into blind trusts to avoid conflicts of interest, insider trading, and other forms of corruption related to their appropriations of taxpayer funds, said Peter Schweizer.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) was one of only three members of the United States Senate to oppose bipartisan legislation in 2012 barring lawmakers from using non-public information to reap profits on the stock market.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is urging the Senate Ethics Committee to probe his decision to unload upwards of $1.72 million in stock before the Coronavirus pandemic reached its height in February.

“The STOCK Act makes it clear that if members of Congress use nonpublic information to gain an unfair advantage in the market, then they are breaking the law.”

Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), two prominent members of the far-left “Squad,” have publicly expressed support for Tucker Carlson’s call for Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) to resign for purportedly dumping up to $1.7 million in stock after receiving confidential coronavirus briefings.

Thursday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson called on Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) to resign after reports show he sold off hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock after signaling a warning to a group called the Tar Heel Club about the threat of the coronavirus.

Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) resigned from his seat effective Monday ahead of an expected guilty plea for insider trading. 

On Monday’s Breitbart News Daily, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer discussed President Trump’s appointment of former Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus to the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank.

A Washington, D.C.-based political intelligence firm founded by Edward Kennedy, Jr., son of the late Massachusetts Senator, is being fined by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in a case involving the handling of sensitive government information.

The U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York has just ruled that congressional staff members cannot seek immunity from insider trading investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

After serving eleven terms in Congress, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) announced on Monday he will not seek reelection. “It is time for someone else,” said Bachus.After chairing the powerful House Financial Services Committee for six years, Bachus gave up his chairmanship in

Critics of lawmakers using DC information for Wall Street pay dirt found an unlikely ally Tuesday night: Jon Stewart, the host of the left-leaning Daily Show. Stewart lambasted Congress and President Barack Obama for quietly killing a key provision of

Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), who was cleared by the Office of Congressional Ethics of insider trading charges, is now busy collecting donations for his legal defense fund from the banking interests who stand to benefit most from his influence on

Even as RightOnline bloggers headed to the bars and the blackjack tables, the words of pollster Scott Rasmussen at the conference’s final dinner echoed in our minds. On the one hand, he explained, the vast majority of Americans agree that

When you set the ethics bar as low as they do in Washington, DC, it’s easy for just about anyone to clear it.In our nation’s capital, the permanent political class gets to play by a different set of rules than

Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer and the late Andrew Breitbart spent roughly six months coordinating an effort to ban members of Congress from using nonpublic information to profit themselves. On Thursday, their combined efforts came to fruition when the STOCK (Stop

The bill that was to ban members of Congress from using nonpublic information to profit their private investments has ground to a halt due to inaction by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), reports The Hill newspaper: One thing is clear:

On Wednesday, Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro said she welcomed the STOCK (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge) Act banning members of Congress from using nonpublic information to make their investments but was unsure the SEC could