U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne: Financial disclosure errors ‘unintentional’

The Campaign Legal Center has asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Axne’s failure to disclose what the center said was more than 40 transactions with a potential financial range of anywhere from $43,000 to $645,000. “I think it’s a little bit of a trend among lawmakers who aren’t complying with the STOCK Act to say, ‘I don’t make my own trades. I have an investment adviser who makes trades for me.’ But the rules apply, regardless of whether you have a financial adviser,” said Delaney Marsco, senior legal counsel for ethics for the Campaign Legal Center.

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