Overview

• He said he would “lose money and go broke” if he directed advisers to halt trades and argued he has no involvement in their decisions.
• His effort to establish a blind trust stalled after the House Ethics Committee rejected his demand to retain current advisers and impose investment restrictions.
• He has introduced a bill to ban stock trading for members of Congress and their spouses despite allowing adviser-led trades to continue.
• The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee accused him of hypocrisy, saying he values his bottom line more than his constituents’ interests.
• A Senate committee advanced a separate ban bill and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she will file a discharge petition to force a House vote.