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What is Trump's Cabinet
buying and selling?
Senior officials must disclose individual stock trades and potential conflicts of interest, but the filings are scattered across PDFs and hard to search. Open Cabinet makes them sortable, searchable and visual.
Published April 12, 2026 · Most recent filing: Apr 10, 2026
Transactions filed January 2025 to present. Dollar values are estimates based on statutory reporting ranges.
Top officials by trading volume
Executive Level I and II officials — cabinet secretaries, agency heads and senior appointees confirmed by the Senate.
 DTDonald J. Trump President of the United States · Executive Office of the President | 1315 |
 CWChristopher Wright Secretary of Energy · Department of Energy | 302 |
 AMArjun Mody Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration · Social Security Administration | 262 |
 LMLinda McMahon Secretary of Education · Department of Education | 156 |
 DBDouglas J Burgum Secretary · Department of the Interior | 124 |
 SDStacey Dixon Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | 112 |
 LCLori Chavez-DeRemer Secretary of Labor · Department of Labor | 98 |
 FBFrank J Bisignano Commissioner · Social Security Administration | 95 |
 CLChristopher Landau Deputy Secretary of State · Department of State | 89 |
 DCDeanne Criswell Former Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency · Department of Homeland Security | 80 |
*Why these officials? Open Cabinet tracks 34 executive branch officials whose 278-T transaction reports are directly downloadable from OGE's public portal. Hundreds more have filed reports that require individual Form 201 requests. This is an open-source project — expanding coverage is an ongoing goal. For raw disclosure documents across 1,500+ appointees, see ProPublica. For legislative branch tracking, see Capitol Trades.
How disclosure works
From nomination to compliance — the process every senior official goes through under the STOCK Act and federal ethics law.
1
Nominated
Step 1 of 6
2
Disclosure
3
Ethics Agreement
4
Confirmed
5
Ongoing
6
Compliance
1
NominatedThe president nominates a candidate
When the president selects someone for a cabinet or senior position, the ethics clock starts. The nominee must disclose every financial holding before confirmation hearings begin, as required by the Ethics in Government Act (Pub. L. 95-521).
2
DisclosureThey file a financial report
The nominee submits a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) listing all assets, income sources, liabilities and positions held (5 U.S.C. §13104). This is the baseline portrait of their financial life.
3
Ethics AgreementThey sign a divestiture plan
The Office of Government Ethics reviews the disclosure and negotiates an ethics agreement. The nominee pledges to sell conflicting holdings — usually within 90 days of confirmation. Sales may qualify for tax deferral under a Certificate of Divestiture (26 U.S.C. §1043).
4
ConfirmedThe 90-day clock starts
Once the Senate confirms the nominee, they have 90 days to divest the stocks and assets identified in their ethics agreement. This is where Open Cabinet starts watching.
5
OngoingEvery trade gets disclosed
Under the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. §13104), officials must report individual securities transactions over $1,000 within 30 days of notification — or 45 days of the trade, whichever comes first (5 U.S.C. §13105(l)). Mutual funds and ETFs are exempt (5 CFR §2640.201). These are filed as OGE Form 278-T reports — the core data that powers this tracker.
6
ComplianceThe ethics office certifies
OGE reviews whether the official met their divestiture deadline and continues to comply with ethics agreements. Late filings carry a $200 fee (5 U.S.C. §13106(a)). Missed deadlines and new purchases in regulated sectors all raise flags — criminal conflict of interest is covered by 18 U.S.C. §208.
What to watch for
Purchases while in office
Most officials sell holdings upon confirmation. New purchases — especially in sectors they regulate — warrant scrutiny.
Late filings
Officials must report within 30 days of notification or 45 days of the trade (5 U.S.C. §13105(l)). Late filings are common and not necessarily evidence of wrongdoing — but patterns matter.
Regulated-sector holdings
Officials trading stocks in industries their agency oversees creates potential conflicts. Ethics agreements typically require divestiture.
How we get the data
1. OGE publishes PDFs
The Office of Government Ethics posts financial disclosure reports as PDF documents on their public portal, as required by 5 U.S.C. §13107.
2. We parse transactions
Each PDF is read and every transaction is extracted: asset name, ticker, type (sale/purchase), date, amount range and filing status.
3. Data becomes searchable
Structured data powers timelines, company lookups and aggregate analysis. Currently tracking 34 officials with 3,200+ transactions.
In the News
Published reporting on executive branch financial conflicts from ProPublica, CNBC, NOTUS and other outlets.
Collected via AI-assisted search. Checked weekly. Last updated April 13, 2026.
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Investments
ProPublica · 2026-04-01 · View profile
Deputy AG Blanche held Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana while shutting down DOJ crypto enforcement. Experts say this violated federal conflicts law.
Hegseth's Broker Contacted BlackRock About Defense ETF Before Iran Strikes
Financial Times / CNBC · 2026-03-31 · View profile
Hegseth's Morgan Stanley broker contacted BlackRock about a defense-sector ETF weeks before Trump began strikes on Iran. Pentagon denied wrongdoing.
Trump's Quiet Bank Investments: Ethics Filings Reveal Millions Amid Regulatory Rollbacks
IBTimes · 2026-03-05 · View profile
Trump made 170+ purchases of bank preferred securities between May and November 2025, disclosed late. Total estimated at over $20M in financial sector instruments.
FAA Chief Dumps Millions in Airline Stock Months After Ethics Deadline
NOTUS · 2026-02-15 · View profile
Bedford finally divested $5-26M in Republic Airways stock in February 2026, months after his October 2025 ethics deadline.