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FBI Director Kash Patel Did Not Disclose Six-Figure Strategy (MSTR) Stake: Report
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The late disclosure of FBI Director Kash Patel's six-figure investment in Strategy has reignited some scrutiny over ethics compliance.
Key facts
- Patel purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 in shares of Strategy on November 21, 2025
- The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act requires senior executive-branch officials to disclose individual stock trades over $1,000 within 45 days of the transaction
- In a June 19 post on X, he warned crypto fraudsters that “this FBI will find you, and we will bring you to justice.” Weeks before his purchase, he had touted a case that seized roughly $15 billion
- Strategy, the firm led by Michael Saylor, pioneered the corporate Bitcoin-treasury model and holds more than 760,000 BTC
Summary
FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed a six-figure investment in Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, more than six months past the deadline set by federal ethics law, according to a report from NOTUS. Patel purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 in shares of Strategy on November 21, 2025. In his May 26 letter to the Office of Government Ethics, Patel said the trade had been “inadvertently omitted” from a prior filing. First-time STOCK Act violators face a $200 fine.