A nonpartisan government ethics watchdog has filed a formal complaint alleging that Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, violated federal disclosure laws by failing to report dozens of stock holdings while serving in Congress.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) to investigate Crockett’s financial filings, citing inconsistencies between her Texas state disclosures and congressional reports covering 2021.

Newsmax reached out to Crockett’s congressional office for comment Wednesday.

“The financial disclosure law is extremely important and it must be strictly enforced because it is the only method to determine whether candidates or Members have conflicts of interest,” FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold wrote in the letter to OCC Chief Counsel Omar Ashmawy.

“When a Member owns stock in companies that are affected by legislative action or conflict with a Member’s publicly taken political positions and they fail to disclose the ownership, it is damaging to the public’s trust in elected officials as a whole.”

“In this case, Crockett’s ‘stock holdings include stakes in several corporations that [reportedly] stood to benefit from actions she’s taken as a lawmaker and legislation she’s introduced in Congress, and others that stand in opposition to the image she’s cultivated as a champion of green energy,'” the letter added.

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