A Lawmaker Supporting the Congressional Stock Ban Bill Violated a Stock Disclosure Law

Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross blamed the violation of the STOCK Act on an “unauthorized sale” from his IRA.

Rep. Donald Norcross
Rep. Donald Norcross. Tom Williams/AP

Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross wants to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks — so much so that he’s co-sponsored a bill aiming to do just that.

But Norcross himself just violated the transparency provisions of the existing Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, having disclosed a stock sale more than a year past a 45-day federal deadline, according to a NOTUS review of congressional financial documents.

In an email to NOTUS, Norcross acknowledged the stock-trade snafu, which involved up to $50,000 worth of Toronto-Dominion Bank stock shares in a retirement account.