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Rep. Julia Letlow filed a House report in January 2026 listing about 210 stock trades not reported within the STOCK Act's 45-day deadline

Confidence: Confirmed · 5 sourcesLouisiana · Oct 12, 2026

Subject of this story

Julia Letlow, U.S. Representative, Louisiana's 5th District

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Oversight

U.S. House Committee on Ethics

What happened

On Jan. 13, 2026, Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) filed a Periodic Transaction Report with the Clerk of the House (Filing ID 20030977) listing more than 200 stock purchases and sales in a Merrill Lynch account, with transaction dates running from Oct. 23, 2024 to December 2025. The STOCK Act requires members of Congress to report such transactions within 45 days. The Gulf States Newsroom reported that the filing disclosed 210 trades that had not been reported on time, 100 of them more than a year late, with a combined reported value of $225,000 to $3,185,000 (the ranges members may report). It also reported that the late-disclosed trades included Meta and Nvidia stock bought and sold after Letlow signed a nondisclosure agreement with Laidley LLC, a Meta data center subsidiary, on June 29, 2024 for a planned Louisiana data center, and that 16 stocks were traded within two days of a July 23, 2025 House Appropriations Committee markup on which she sits. Letlow acknowledged the reports were late: she told Fox 8 in April 2026 that when it was brought to her attention that the reports were not being filed on time, she filled out the forms herself and corrected it. NOTUS reported that her office said the House Ethics Committee had been alerted and, as of its publication, had not fined her the standard $200 for a first-time violation; the reporting reviewed did not identify any fine or inquiry opened by the committee. The timing observations come from the news reporting and the outside ethics experts quoted in it, not from any official finding, and the sources reviewed show no official body alleging she traded on nonpublic information. Letlow disputes that she broke the law or traded on inside information. She told Fox 8, "I most certainly did not break federal law," and said her portfolio is managed by a third party and she does not direct trades. She declined an interview with the Gulf States Newsroom; her spokesperson, Matt Smith, said in a written statement that she had no role in directing any of her trades, including the Meta transactions, and that the NDA played no part because she was unaware the trades were happening.

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Rep. Julia Letlow's January 2026 periodic transaction report disclosed 210 trades not reported on time, 100 of them more than a year late, valued at $225,000 to $3,185,000, according to reporting.

Julia Letlow

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Louisiana Illuminator / Gulf States Newsroom — Louisiana Illuminator / Gulf States Newsroom - Rep. Julia Letlow bought Meta stock after signing an NDA with the company, records showdisclosed 210 trades not reported on time, 100 more than a year late, valued $225,000 to $3,185,000

Sources (5)

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives - Periodic Transaction Report, Hon. Julia Letlow, filed 01/13/2026 (Filing ID 20030977)Lists more than 200 transactions (e.g., Meta Platforms Class A purchase 10/23/2024, sale 07/02/2025; NVIDIA purchase 10/23/2024) with notification dates mostly 08/11/2025; digitally signed 01/13/2026.

Louisiana Illuminator / Gulf States NewsroomReports the January Periodic Transaction Report disclosed 210 trades not reported on time, 100 more than a year late, valued $225,000 to $3,185,000; includes spokesperson Matt Smith's statement.

WWNO / Gulf States NewsroomNDA with Laidley LLC signed June 29, 2024; Letlow began buying Meta and Nvidia stock within months and did not disclose those trades within the 45-day STOCK Act deadline.

FOX 8 (WVUE)Letlow: "I most certainly did not break federal law." She said she works with a third party who manages her portfolio, that once the 45-day reporting lapse was brought to her attention she filled out the forms herself and rectified it, and that it has not happened again.

NOTUSReports Letlow failed to disclose more than 210 trades, some over a year late, valued $225,000 to $3.3 million; her office said Merrill Lynch exercised discretionary trading authority, that she alerted the House Ethics Committee, and that the committee had not fined her as of publication.

Response

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