Congressmen responsible for national security rake in cash from assets linked to the CCP

For years, U.S. representatives and senators have traded millions of dollars worth of stock in companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party while holding committee assignments tasking them with bolstering America’s defenses against China, presenting conflicts of interest.

While many lawmakers from both parties buy and sell CCP-linked assets, a handful stand out as frequent traders. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), as well as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), have collectively disclosed over 100 trades involving Tencent, Baidu, NetEase, Daqo New Energy, Weibo, or Alibaba — corporations with varying degrees of connection to the CCP — since 2016.