A lawmaker known for criticizing stock trades in Congress is now facing sharp questions about the timing of a recent sale.
As reported by The Western Journal, California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, a close ally of outgoing Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, sold shares of the chipmaker Nvidia in early October, shortly before a steep slide in the stock. Financial-tracking accounts later highlighted the trade as the shares continued to fall, and critics began calling for an investigation.
According to Trade With Congress, an X account operated by the financial tracking service Altoneer, the sale was dated around Oct. 7, after which Nvidias stock began a prolonged decline. Official periodic transaction filings compiled by congressional trade-tracking sites show a sale of Nvidia stock dated Oct. 7, 2026, in the $1,001 to $15,000 range, listed as a spouse-owned holding in the Ritu Ahuja 1994 Trust, and reported in a disclosure filed in early November.
Nvidia shares closed at $237.47 on Oct. 7, near a recent peak of about $239 the previous day. The stock then lost ground through the rest of October and fell more sharply in November.
A sharper move came after reports that Nvidia co-founder and Chief Executive Jensen Huang had an affair with a woman whom U.S. intelligence agencies have believed to be a Chinese asset, a claim Beijing has denied. As of Thursday morning, the shares were trading in the mid-$150s, far below the level recorded around the date of the sale.
NVIDIA Board of Directors announced today that Jensen Huang has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board, effective immediately, the company said in a Nov. 12 news release. The board named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim chief executive and said it would search for a permanent successor.
Ever since Trade With Congress and other accounts began highlighting the timed sale, critics have demanded that Khanna be investigated. Conservative investigative journalist Jennifer Van Laar wrote on X that Khanna HAD to have known Nvidias stock would decline, adding, Start the investigation NOW.
Commentator Eyal Yakoby accused Khanna of insider trading. Those charges have not been proven, and a disclosed sale, standing alone, does not establish that the lawmaker had material nonpublic information.
The scrutiny is sharper because Khanna has presented himself as a leading Democratic voice against lawmakers trading individual stocks. Khanna has repeatedly criticized the influence of money in politics and supported efforts to prohibit members of Congress from trading individual stocks, The Daily Wire has reported.
In December 2023, he introduced a political reform resolution that called for barring members of Congress from holding and trading individual stocks during their tenure. The same filing that recorded the October Nvidia sale listed the transaction as a spouse-held stake, a category that critics of congressional trading have long argued should be covered by such a ban.
Khanna has also been a close ally of Massie, who lost a May 19, 2026, Republican primary to a candidate backed by President Donald Trump and is serving out the remainder of his term. We text back and forth all the time, Khanna said of Massie in a July 2025 remark reported by Politico. I will often see him on the House floor, pick up the phone and call him.
Obviously, we come from different ideological perspectives, but there are areas where we have agreement in making sure that were preventing wars of choice overseas and transparency, he added. Ahead of President Trumps State of the Union address in February, Khanna told Politico the two were sitting together to show support for the brave survivors who will be there tonight and to send a message to the Epstein class.
Those seating plans were later called off, and Massie sat on the Republican side with Rep. Nancy Mace, Axios reported, while Khanna remained on the Democratic side. After Massies primary defeat, Khanna wrote on X, My good friend @RepThomasMassie lost tonight.
He lost because he had the guts to stand up to the Epstein class and against the war, Khanna said in the same post. Tonight, I say to this voters who feel rejected by Trump. We welcome you.
The open questions are whether House or Justice Department officials will examine the October sale, and whether Khanna will offer a fuller explanation of its timing. A modest, disclosed transaction is not proof of a crime, but the gap between his public campaign against congressional stock trading and this well-timed sale is now part of the public record.
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