By Piero Cingari
Publication Date: 2026-05-19 00:31:00
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President Donald Trump‘s first-quarter 2026 ethics filing reads less like a disclosure form and more like a trading floor transcript.
A newly released Office of Government Ethics (OGE) filing shows Trump’s portfolio executed 3,642 securities transactions in Q1 — roughly 58 trades for every U.S. trading day in the quarter.
Trump certified the 113-page Form 278-T on May 8. The OGE received it on May 12. A handwritten notation on the cover page reads “Filer paid late fees,” indicating the disclosure window of 30 to 45 days set by 5 C.F.R. part 2634 was exceeded.
Benzinga contacted OGE to ask whether the transactions reflected direct trading activity by Trump or activity conducted through managed accounts or discretionary structures.
A spokesperson for the OGE declined to address the specifics: “OGE is committed to transparency and citizen oversight of…
