But the fine is nominal — $200 for first offenders — and the House Ethics Committee, which is the primary enforcer of the STOCK Act, may choose to waive it without publicly disclosing it has done so. The Department of Justice has criminally investigated a handful of alleged STOCK Act violations but declined to bring charges.

The system is fundamentally broken. That isn’t a penalty, that’s just a fee they pay as part of their transaction.

Have they Tried Converting to the Republican Party? Republicans LITERALLY can Rape a Child and their Free Thinking Supporters WONT bat an eyelid! They won’t think TWICE about Illegal Insider Trading!