Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole violated a federal financial disclosure law by failing to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of personal stock purchases, according to a NOTUS review of new federal records.
Cole was between four and five months late revealing December 2025 purchases of Tesla, Nike and Super Micro Computer stock that, taken together, is worth between $300,000 and $750,000, a filing with the independent Office of Government Ethics indicates.
Federal law requires high-ranking executive branch officials to publicly disclose individual stock trades within 45 days of making them. The government requires such disclosure to defend against insider trading, to curb conflicts of interest and to enhance transparency.