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At least 43 members of 118th Congress have violated a federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law, a Raw Story analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals. Most of these violations involve failures to properly disclose stock trades as required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. Some involve not abiding by the transparency and personal financial disclosure requirements first outlined in the STOCK Act’s post-Watergate predecessor, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. ALSO READ: 8 ways Trump doesn’t become president The most significant viol…

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