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They got the briefing.
They made the trade.
You got the bill.
1,692 trades in April 2025 alone • 0 prosecutions
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They Knew: When Congress Gets Briefed, the Trading Volume Triples

COVID briefings. The CHIPS Act. Liberation Day tariffs. Silicon Valley Bank. Every single time Congress had advance knowledge, the trades came first. We mapped 95,501 trades against 1,179 votes and found 4,436 correlations—600 of them deeply suspicious. None resulted in charges.

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$174,000 salary.
$5.3 billion traded.
$955 saved.
95,501 stock trades exposed • 336 members of Congress
Investigation • Part 1 of 4

They Earn $174,000. They Traded $5.3 Billion. You Have $955.

Members of Congress earn $174,000 a year. Their stock trading volume: $5.3 billion. The median American has $955 saved for retirement. We built a database of every trade. Here’s what we found—and why the proposed “ban” is designed to fail.

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$2.7 billion moved.
$170 million in “fees.”
46 shell companies.
The Epstein financial network • Every dollar traced
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Follow the Money: Nobody Pays $170 Million for Tax Advice

Forget the flight logs. The wire transfers tell you everything. $2.7 billion through banks. $370 million from two billionaires. 46 shell companies. And the money didn’t stop after the conviction—it accelerated.

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Congressional Trading
$5.3B
Total congressional stock trading volume
7,266x
McCaul (R-TX) trading volume vs. $174K salary
$955
Median American retirement savings
$200
Fine for violating STOCK Act disclosure rules
1,692
Trades in April 2025. All-time record. “Liberation Day.”
67
Members traded after classified COVID briefings
Epstein Money Trail
$2.76B
Processed through JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, BNY Mellon
$170M
Leon Black paid Epstein. After his conviction. No written agreements.
$92.5M
Wired to Ghislaine Maxwell across 176 transfers
46
Shell companies, trusts, and offshore entities
18/19
Financial flows that occurred after 2008 conviction
0.24%
BofA settlement as percentage of one year’s profit

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Congressional Stock Tracker

95,501 trades. 336 members. Cross-referenced with 1,179 votes and 4,436 correlations.

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Trump Post → Market

30,000+ Truth Social posts mapped against the S&P 500. See the TACO pattern in real time.

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Who Gets What

Congressional salary + stock trading vs. the average American. The table nobody wants to print.

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Epstein Money Trail

Financial flows, shell companies, flight logs, bank transactions, and settlement breakdowns.

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