On April 8, during a dip in the stock market after President Donald Trump had announced sweeping tariffs the previous week, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought thousands of dollars’ worth of stocks. Many of those stocks soared in value after the president paused most tariffs the following day.

Rep. Greene was one of the earliest members to file a mandatory disclosure report about her trades. After the time requirement for disclosure lapsed, Newsweek reported that at least 25 members from both parties made trades between Trump’s tariff announcement and the subsequent pause.

The public disclosure of the transaction highlighted an issue that’s long been a source of public cynicism about Congress: whether members use confidential information about significant political events, or

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