Members of Congress were not doing anything illegal by investing in public companies, and others had even sold their assets.
Meijer also reported owning up to $15,000 in Yandex stocks in 2020 as part of assets linked to a trust held by his family's grocery store business.Elsewhere, the wife of rep. Khanna, Ritu Khanna, was also found to have purchased up to $15,000 of Yandex stock in January 2022.
Marie Baldassarre, Khanna's spokesperson, said the stock is part of Ritu Khanna's family trust which was set up before they got married and managed by a third party.stock trading that applies also to spouses,In 2021, rep. Lee disclosed that her husband, whom she is no longer in a relationship with, also owned up to $200,000 worth of shares in two Russian exchange traded funds—VanEck Russia ETF and iShares MSCI Russia ETF.
Rep. Lee's said in a statement that these investments were in family members' accounts, which included her estranged husband's, and were sold two years ago.Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Peter Meijer were both named in a report detailing how they invested in Russian companies.It is unclear if the members have retained their stock, or made any other investments related to Russian companies.
"I take it as a compliment to be sanctioned by war criminal Putin + his cronies," Gottemheimer tweeted. Meijer added:"Apparently I just got sanctioned by Putin for our work supporting Ukraine. I guess my [House Committee on Foreign Affairs] bill to expand US sanctions against all Russian Duma officials struck a nerve!"
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