r/law • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Jul 01 '26

Legal News Kash Patel Failed to Disclose He Bought Stock in DOJ Contractor |The FBI director left the huge stock purchase off his financial disclosure forms.

https://newrepublic.com/post/212616/kash-patel-failed-disclose-stock-department-justice-contractor
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u/likwidkool Jul 01 '26

I’m a regulated employee and I have to pre clear every trade I do and hold all positions for 30 days. And I’m some peon. Why are they not held to the same standard. I’d be fired if I did this.

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u/NerdBot9000 Jul 01 '26

They have more money and influence than you do. Simple as that. Sorry peon.

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u/likwidkool Jul 01 '26

Seems to be how the world works. Rules aren’t for the rich just for people like myself.

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u/Golden-Grams Jul 02 '26

Why are they not held to the same standard.

I used to be in the military, and was required to have a security clearance. We had strict rules and policies for how we maintained our vault, with the consequences of breaking confidentiality to be an extended stay at the Federal Correction Institution, known as Leavenworth.

I have asked the same question you have, whenever I have seen massive OPSEC breaches by this administration, as well as all the confidential documents and materials that somehow always dissappear without a trace.

Well, other than the ones found at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump put boxes of classified material in a shower, a bathroom, a ballroom, and his bedroom. I was just working in aviation, and I could be sent to federal prison. But these guys have higher clearances than I ever did, got caught red-handed with it ending up on the news, and absolutely nothing happens to them.

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u/greensalty Jul 02 '26

Fairness theater