Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is responding to criticism over her purchase of several stocks while the stock market was plunging over President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
During the dip and then sudden rise following word that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs, Greene bought stock from several companies that include Lululemon, Dell Computer, Amazon, the parent of Restoration Hardware and others.
Data from a required three-page financial holdings document doesn’t disclose exactly how much she paid for the stocks, only ranges and dates. Those purchases ranged from $1,001 to $15,000.
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The move has Democrats calling for investigations into Greene over potential insider trading.
“We need an investigation into insider trading by people like Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. We need an investigation into whether any K Street lobbyists or other big firms were tipped off by Donald Trump’s actions,” Texas Democrat Rep. Gregorio Casar told Newsweek Magazine.
In a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Greene said her financial advisor did the purchases.
“I have signed a fiduciary agreement to allow my financial advisor to control my investments. All of my investments are reported with full transparency. I refuse to hide my stock trades in a blind trust like may others do,” Greene wrote.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump made a statement saying, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!” He ended the post with the letters DJT, both his initials and the stock market ticker of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp, the firm in which he holds a majority stake.
Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has been leading a push to ban members of Congress from being able to trade stocks.
