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Rep. Diana Harshbarger disclosed more than 700 early-2021 stock trades late, in an August 2021 report; her chief of staff attributed the delay to a financial advisor; no sanction has been reported

Confidence: Confirmed · 5 sourcesTennessee · Oct 12, 2026

Subject of this story

Diana Harshbarger, U.S. Representative, TN-1

Also named

Oversight

Office of Congressional Ethics

Advocate

Campaign Legal Center

What happened

House Clerk records show Rep. Diana Harshbarger, who took office January 3, 2021, filed a periodic transaction report (PTR) on August 16, 2021 (Clerk document 8218296). The STOCK Act requires members to report each securities transaction within 30 days of being notified of it and no later than 45 days after the transaction. According to Business Insider and a complaint the Campaign Legal Center filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics, the filing covered more than 700 trades by Harshbarger and her husband, Robert Harshbarger, made between January and June 2021, with a combined value of roughly $728,000 to $10.9 million (reported as ranges; each individual trade fell in the $1,001 to $15,000 range), and some trades were reported more than seven months after they occurred. Harshbarger's chief of staff, Zac Rutherford, told Insider that the financial advisor "did not follow the established system and protocols" and that his error caused her not to meet the reporting requirements within the specified timeframe, and that she "accepts full responsibility." The sources reviewed do not report any finding, sanction or published action by the Office of Congressional Ethics or the House Ethics Committee on the matter. She is the Republican incumbent seeking re-election in Tennessee's 1st district on Nov 3, 2026.

By the numbers (1)

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According to a Campaign Legal Center complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics, Rep. Diana Harshbarger made more than 700 stock and other securities trades from January to June 2021 with a total value ranging from approximately $728,000 to $10.9 million, disclosed in a periodic transaction report filed in August 2021.

Diana HarshbargerAttributed to CLC complaint.

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Campaign Legal Center, request for OCE investigation of Rep. Harshbarger (letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics), Aug 2021 — Campaign Legal Center, request for OCE investigation of Rep. Harshbarger (letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics), Aug 2021Documentmade more than 700 stock and other securities trades with a total value ranging from approximately $728,000 to $10.9 million

Sources (5)

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Periodic Transaction Report, Diana Harshbarger, filed Aug 16, 2021Periodic Transaction Report, member Diana Harshbarger, State TN, District 01, stamped as hand-delivered to the Legislative Resource Center on 2021 Aug 16.

Campaign Legal Center, request for OCE investigation of Rep. Harshbarger (letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics), Aug 2021From January to June of 2021, Rep. Harshbarger made more than 700 stock and other securities trades with a total value ranging from approximately $728,000 to $10.9 million.

WJHL/WATE, 'Harshbarger rep says financial advisor caused congresswoman to violate stock disclosure rules', Aug 21, 2021A spokesperson for Rep. Diana Harshbarger says a financial advisor's "gross oversight" caused the congresswoman to violate federal financial disclosure requirements.

Business InsiderRep. Diana Harshbarger, a Republican from Tennessee, failed to properly disclose more than 700 stock trades that together are worth at least $728,000 — and as much as $10.9 million, according to an Insider analysis of newly filed congressional records.

Business InsiderIn 2021, Harshbarger failed to properly disclose more than 700 stock trades that together are worth as much as $10.9 million.

Response

Diana Harshbarger

On-record admission

Contacted and made an on-record admission — exact wording not on record.

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