Sen. John Fetterman Blames STOCK Act Violation on ‘Administrative Error’

The Pennsylvania Democrat was about a year late revealing he invested in a bank on behalf of one of his children.

John Fetterman

The Pennsylvania Democrat is one of many members to violate a disclosure rule. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is the latest member of Congress to violate a federal transparency and insider trading law by failing to properly disclose a personal financial trade, according to a NOTUS review of Senate records.

Fetterman was about a year late disclosing the April 2025 purchase of a corporate bond for First Citizens BancShares, the holding company for First Citizens Bank, made on behalf of one of his dependent children, the records indicate.

The listed purchase value: between $1,000 and $15,000. (Lawmakers are only required to disclose the value of their stock and bond trades in broad ranges.)