KEY POINTS
  • Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, a leading critic of China, broke a federal financial transparency law by failing to disclose stock trades within a 45-day window.
  • The trading in Tuberville's account included the sale of stock options of the leading Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba.
  • A spokeswoman for the Republican said he had been unaware of the trades and that they were conducted by financial advisors.
  • Tuberville praised President Joe Biden for an executive order targeting U.S. investments in Chinese companies.
Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, stands for a photo at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 9, 2020.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville ran for office while arguing for the "rule of law" and criticizing China — but in less than eight months on the job, the Alabama Republican has broken a federal financial transparency law, while also selling stock options of China's leading e-commerce company.

Tuberville, a newly disclosed financial disclosure report reveals, failed as required by the STOCK Act to file disclosures of about 130 stock and stock options trades executed from January through May within a maximum 45-day window mandated by that law, which applies to members of Congress.