Methodology

What this redesign claims, and what it refuses to claim

The new homepage is sharper and more cinematic, but the standard stays the same: show the records, show the logic, and be explicit about what remains a credibility question instead of a proven violation.

Method notes

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Approved framing

Evidence-first, non-accusatory language only

Core promise

Show the records, show the logic, show the limits

Approved language

potential conflictappearance of conflictcommittee-sector overlaptransparency concern

sources

Records First

Every evidence object on the site must point to an official filing, committee page, or documented methodology note.

language

Language Guardrails

Approved framing includes potential conflict, appearance of conflict, committee-sector overlap, and transparency concern. The site intentionally avoids criminal or defamatory language.

scoring

Conflict Risk Scores Are Heuristics

A lower score means the trade looks worse in this interface. The score is still a public-record heuristic, not a legal finding.

limits

Seed Dataset Limits

This build ships with a demonstration-quality curated seed derived from the pitch deck structure. Replace and legal-review each record before public publication.

Trade records grading

How each stock gets a letter grade

Every stock on the Trade Records page is assigned a letter grade A through F based on the documented overlap between Khanna's public duties and the trading activity in his disclosures. The grade is not a legal verdict and is not a claim of insider trading. It is a structured way to read the public record.

F

Severe conflict

Awarded when at least one of:

  • • Khanna personally announced or directed federal funding to the company (e.g., the $100M CHIPS Act announcement for Applied Materials).
  • • The company is the flagship example in major independent reporting (e.g., NYT and NOTUS naming NVIDIA).
  • • The company's core product sits under export controls Khanna directly oversees as Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the CCP (e.g., Synopsys EDA software).
  • • Three-committee overlap (Armed Services CITI, CCP Select, Oversight) combined with legislation Khanna co-authored that funds or regulates the company.
D

Direct conflict

Awarded when at least one of:

  • • Committee jurisdiction over the company's sector and the company benefits from legislation Khanna co-authored or championed (e.g., CHIPS Act beneficiaries like Texas Instruments, Micron supply, Ultra Clean).
  • • Committee jurisdiction and documented personal engagement (e.g., a meeting with the CEO as part of committee work, like Apple).
  • • Committee jurisdiction and a named federal contract awarded to the company in the same time window (e.g., the December 2025 GSA OneGov agreement with Palo Alto Networks).
  • • Committee jurisdiction and legislation Khanna actively pushed that benefits the company (e.g., the cybersecurity bill and Cisco).
C

Sector overlap

Awarded when:

  • • The company's sector touches at least one committee Khanna sits on, but there is no direct legislative authorship, no personal engagement, and no named federal contract on the record.
  • • This is the default for stocks where the public record shows policy proximity without a documented direct link.
B

Disclosed activity

Awarded when:

  • • Trades are properly disclosed under the STOCK Act, but the public record shows no clear committee jurisdiction, legislative overlap, or named federal contract tying the company to Khanna's work.
  • • A grade B is not an endorsement. It means the conflict question is not visible in the documents this site relies on.

Inputs the rubric uses

  • • Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • • Khanna's official Committees and Caucuses page on khanna.house.gov.
  • • Public press releases from Khanna's House office, including the CHIPS Act and the 2023 anti-corruption plan.
  • • Committee jurisdictions as published on armedservices.house.gov, oversight.house.gov, and the Select Committee on the CCP.
  • • Independent reporting from outlets including the New York Times, NOTUS, San José Spotlight, and Money.com.
  • • Capitol Trades aggregation of House PTR filings.

What the grades are not

A letter grade on this site is a structured reading of the public record. It is not an allegation of insider trading, an accusation of a STOCK Act violation, or a legal conclusion of any kind. The grade reflects the documented overlap between Khanna's public duties and the trading shown in his own filings, nothing more. Voters and reporters can read the underlying documents and draw their own conclusions.