GAI Director of Research, Seamus Bruner recently joined Tom Basile on Newsmax TV’s America Right Now. He highlighted how common it is for members of Congress, such as Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), to amass wealth through stock trades, citing her net worth increase from $700,000 to potentially $14 million according to congressional disclosure forms.
In 2012, GAI highlighted the corruption of several members of Congress in the book, “Throw Them All Out” by Peter Schweizer. That book led to passage of the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act.
Bruner criticized the lack of effective regulations, noting the gutted STOCK Act. Lippman discussed Sen. Josh Hawley’s Pelosi Act to ban such trading. The conversation shifted to a viral story of a New Yorker, Debbie, crediting Trump with saving her life, revealing his compassionate side. They emphasized bipartisan public outrage over congressional trading and Trump’s lesser-known generosity.