NEW REPORT: Jon Husted Profitted Off Intel Stock While Pushing Intel Project In Ohio
August 31, 2026
Ohio Capital Journal: As he worked to advance the Intel project, an Ohio senator’s wife was invested in it
COLUMBUS, OHIO — New reporting shows that Jon Husted and his wife had invested in thousands of dollars of Intel stock while he was working to advance a massive Intel project in Ohio. Husted has refused to take a position on banning stock trading for Members of Congress and their families.
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.”
See For Yourself:
Ohio Capital Journal: As he worked to advance the Intel project, an Ohio senator’s wife was invested in it
- Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted’s wife had as much as $15,000 invested in the struggling Intel megaproject in New Albany as her husband worked to push it forward, financial disclosures show.
- At least since Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Husted to the Senate at the beginning of 2025, Husted has had communications with Intel about potential deals with other businesses to revive the project.
- Husted, a Republican, also said he pushed the Trump administration to make its controversial $9 billion taxpayer investment in the beleaguered chipmaker last year.
- News of the investment and the potential deals substantially increased the value of Intel stock when it became public.
- Husted’s communications team didn’t respond to questions for this story — including whether he thought trading of individual stocks by members of Congress should be banned.
Read more about Jon Husted’s corruption:
- NBC 4 Columbus 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.
- Husted’s personal financial disclosure revealed that he profited off of nearly $60,000 in stock sales as part of an insider deal with Heartland Bank.
- 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.”
- 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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