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Bruce Westerman

Investigation of Bruce Westerman (R-AR) identified 3 finding(s) across 3 categories: trade_conflict, offshore_connection, contract_conflict. Overall severity: high.

Generated Mar 2, 2026Updated Mar 8, 20263 findings

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Bruce Westerman (R-AR)

Findings(3)

#1Stock Trade ConflictConfirmed

10 High-Conflict Stock Trades Identified

Analysis of Bruce Westerman's trading records reveals 10 transactions with elevated conflict-of-interest scores (40%+ on CapitolGraph's 5-component scoring model). The highest-scoring trade was a purchase in CSX with a conflict score of 72%. Conflict scoring incorporates committee oversight overlap (30%), trade timing relative to legislation (25%), lobbying connections (20%), donation patterns (15%), and trade size (10%). Scores above 40% indicate multiple corroborating signals of potential conflicts. Detailed trades:
- PURCHASE CSX on 2025-04-08 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 72%
- SALE UNP on 2025-04-21 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 50%
- SALE CVX on 2025-04-21 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 50%
- SALE COP on 2025-04-21 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 50%
- SALE XOM on 2025-04-21 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 50%
- SALE CSX on 2025-04-21 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 50%
- PURCHASE CVX on 2025-03-03 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 42%
- PURCHASE XOM on 2025-03-03 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 42%
- PURCHASE COP on 2025-03-03 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 42%
- PURCHASE UNP on 2025-03-04 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 42%

#2Offshore ConnectionProbable

1 Cross-Reference Matches

Cross-referencing Bruce Westerman's network against international databases returned 1 potential matches across 1 source(s). - EXACT: 1 match(es) — Bruce Westerman (PEP) (COUNTER-SANCTIONED) Score: 100% Datasets: us_congress, ann_pep_positions, wd_peps, ru_mfa_sanctions, wikidata, everypolitician, wd_categories (100% confidence) Note: FinCEN matches are at the institutional level only and do not imply individual wrongdoing. ICIJ matches indicate entity name similarity and require further investigation to confirm actual connections.

#3Contract ConflictNeeds corroboration

5 Potential Government Contract Conflicts

Name matching between government contracts and Bruce Westerman's trading activity identified 5 potential overlap(s). These matches suggest the member may have traded in companies receiving federal contracts. - Contract: AMI METALS, INC (Department of Homeland Security, $1,452,435,628) — Member traded META on 2025-04-21
- Contract: DRAGADOS/HAWAIIAN DREDGING/ORION JV (Department of Defense, $2,771,246,797) — Member traded RIO on 2025-04-21
- Contract: AMI METALS, INC (Department of Homeland Security, $1,452,435,628) — Member traded META on 2025-03-03
- Contract: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC (Department of Defense, $4,885,212,164) — Member traded COP on 2025-03-03
- Contract: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC (Department of Defense, $2,032,188,651) — Member traded COP on 2025-03-03 Note: Name matching is approximate. Further investigation is needed to confirm actual connections between contract recipients and traded companies.

Methodology & Disclosure

This dossier was generated by CapitolExposed's analysis engines. All claims are derived from cross-referencing publicly available government records: STOCK Act filings, Senate lobbying disclosures (LDA), FEC campaign finance reports, Congressional voting records, ICIJ Offshore Leaks data, and FARA foreign agent registrations.

Conflict scoring: Each finding incorporates up to five weighted signals: committee jurisdiction overlap (30%), vote timing proximity (25%), lobbying connections (20%), donation connections (15%), and trade size anomaly (10%).

Important: CapitolExposed does not allege wrongdoing. Findings reflect statistical patterns in public data, not legal conclusions. Offshore leak matches are name-based and may include false positives.

Investigation Report

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