NEW REPORTING: Jon Husted Under Fire For Profiting Off Nearly $60K in Stock Sales While Serving in U.S. Senate
June 16, 2026
Husted refuses to back stock trading ban for members of Congress
COLUMBUS, OHIO — New reporting from NBC 4’s Colleen Marshall reveals that Jon Husted “sold stock worth nearly $60,000” when he was serving on the board of directors of Heartland Bank after being appointed to the U.S. Senate.
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Colleen Marshall, NBC 4 Columbus: “We’ve reported before that Husted and his wife made investments in Heartland Bank stock and then in March of 2022, he was appointed to the Heartland Board of Directors, a position for which he received a six-figure salary. Questions were raised back then about a possible conflict of interest because of his economic role within the DeWine-Husted administration — he was serving on the bank board while he was Lieutenant Governor.
Colleen Marshall, NBC 4 Columbus: [Husted] was on the board when Heartland merged with German American Bank and Husted sold stock worth nearly $60,000. He resigned from the board when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate and his most recent financial disclosure shows a $27,000 payment from the bank at that time.
Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:
“Jon Husted refuses to ban stock trading in Congress because he’s personally enriching himself while having access to insider information. While Ohio families are struggling to afford the basics, Husted is cashing in while in office. Ohioans deserve a Senator focused on making life better for them — not enriching themselves.”
Read more about Jon Husted’s corruption:
- Husted’s personal financial disclosure reveals that he profited off of nearly $60,000 in stock sales as part of an insider deal with Heartland Bank.
- Husted’s disclosure also reveals that he received a sweetheart payout from Heartland Bank after leaving the board — giving him a full year’s salary for just one month of work.
- Husted has long been under fire for secretly joining the board of Heartland Bank while serving as Lt. Governor, in a move that was called “loaded with potential conflicts of interest.”
- In February, NBC 4 reported that Husted refused to back a stock trading ban for members of Congress, while reporting that his wife had investments of up to $15,000 in Intel Corporation stock.
- In a recent interview, Husted admitted to meeting with Intel about the status of the company’s Ohio manufacturing project, suggesting he had access to non-public information.
- As Husted profits off insider information, he continues to insult struggling Ohioans as “not very experienced at navigating the real world” and consistently dismisses the mounting affordability crisis by telling Ohioans to fix their “work ethic” and to simply “earn more” money to make ends meet.
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