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Ro Khanna champions a ban on congressional stock trading even as his household…

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Ro Khanna champions a ban on congressional stock trading even as his household runs the busiest trading book of any House Democrat: over $600M and 37,172 trades since 2020 (Quiver). ProCap Insights says trades tied to him beat the S&P 500 by 112% from Jan 2024–Apr 2026. Critics cite a Feb 2024 Nvidia purchase in his wife’s trust (143% gain) during his oversight of defense AI and a 2022 NYT report listing 149 potential conflicts; Khanna insists the trades are legal, disclosed, controlled by his wife’s trust, and exactly the practice he wants to prohibit.

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The most active Democratic stock trader in the House wants you to know he supports banning congressional stock trading.

Meet Ro Khanna.

Khanna built a national profile pushing to ban individual stock trading by members of Congress. He teamed up with Bernie Sanders on a billionaire tax. The populist brand is the whole point.

His household runs the busiest book of any House Democrat. Over $600M in volume across 37,172 trades since 2020, per Quiver Quantitative.

From Jan 2024 to April 2026, trades tied to him beat the S&P 500 by 112%, per ProCap Insights. Pelosi cleared 38.5% over the same window.

His wife's trust bought Nvidia in Feb 2024 for a 143% gain, while he sat on the subcommittee overseeing defense AI procurement (NY Post). A 2022 NYT investigation flagged 149 potential conflicts in his trades.

His answer never changes. The trades are his wife's, held in a trust, he controls none of it. It is legal and it is disclosed. It is also exactly what he says should be banned.