A Democratic congresswoman sold dozens of individual stock holdings in the hours before President Donald Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff declaration, according to a NOTUS review of new congressional records.
Freshman Rep. Julie Johnson of Texas made 77 separate stock sales on April 1, the records indicate. She then made another 55 stock sale transactions on April 7.
In all, Johnson sold between $218,000 and $2.22 million worth of personal stock during the first week of April as the market crashed in response to Trump’s tariff announcement — including shares in several companies that the U.S. House committees of which she’s a member have jurisdiction, according to a NOTUS analysis of congressional records. (Federal law only requires members of Congress to disclose trade values in broad ranges.)