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Cleo Fields

Investigation of Cleo Fields (D-LA) identified 5 finding(s) across 5 categories: trade_conflict, donation_pattern, offshore_connection, insider_overlap, contract_conflict. Overall severity: high.

Generated Mar 2, 2026Updated Mar 8, 20265 findings

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Cleo Fields (D-LA)

Findings(5)

#1Offshore ConnectionProbable

1 Cross-Reference Matches

Cross-referencing Cleo Fields's network against international databases returned 1 potential matches across 1 source(s). - EXACT: 1 match(es) — Cleo Fields (PEP) Score: 100% Datasets: ann_pep_positions, wd_peps, us_plural_legislators, wd_categories, us_congress, wikidata (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.

#2Stock Trade ConflictConfirmed

3 High-Conflict Stock Trades Identified

Analysis of Cleo Fields's trading records reveals 3 transactions with elevated conflict-of-interest scores (40%+ on CapitolGraph's 5-component scoring model). The highest-scoring trade was a purchase in JPM with a conflict score of 65%. 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 JPM on 2025-06-30 ($15,001-$50,000) — conflict score: 65%
- PURCHASE FIG on 2025-09-10 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 42%
- PURCHASE UBER on 2025-09-10 ($1,001-$15,000) — conflict score: 42%

#3Insider Trading SignalProbable

10 Trades Overlapping with Corporate Insider Activity

Cleo Fields made 10 stock trade(s) within 30 days of corporate insider transactions in the same ticker(s). This temporal overlap between congressional and corporate insider trading activity is notable. Overlapping trades:
- NFLX: Congress purchase on 2026-01-20, Insider form4 on 2026-02-03 (Dopfner Mathias (CIK 0001370931))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2026-01-05 (TAPLIN BRITTON T (CIK 0001247982))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2026-01-02 (MacLellan Robert F. (CIK 0001498935))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-30 (RIEL SUSAN G (CIK 0001234907))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-30 (RITCHIE MICHAEL T (CIK 0001575198))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-30 (KIM JAMES J (CIK 0001158839))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-29 (Hanson Jeffrey T (CIK 0001371918))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-18 (Mingle Robyn T (CIK 0001531828))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-16 (WHITMORE BRADFORD T (CIK 0000933430))
- T: Congress sale on 2025-12-11, Insider form4 on 2025-12-12 (CARTER DANIEL T (CIK 0001117949)) This pattern does not prove information sharing but represents a statistical anomaly worthy of further examination.

#4Contract ConflictNeeds corroboration

5 Potential Government Contract Conflicts

Name matching between government contracts and Cleo Fields's trading activity identified 5 potential overlap(s). These matches suggest the member may have traded in companies receiving federal contracts. - Contract: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC (Department of Defense, $5,565,000,000) — Member traded ARM on 2025-12-11
- Contract: ARMY SUSTAINMENT LLC (Department of Defense, $3,501,851,264) — Member traded ARM on 2025-12-11
- Contract: BAE SYSTEMS LAND AND ARMAMENTS L.P. (Department of Defense, $3,355,990,690) — Member traded ARM on 2025-12-11
- Contract: BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P. (Department of Defense, $2,875,130,483) — Member traded ARM on 2025-12-11
- Contract: BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P. (Department of Defense, $2,281,164,206) — Member traded ARM on 2025-12-11 Note: Name matching is approximate. Further investigation is needed to confirm actual connections between contract recipients and traded companies.

#5Donation PatternProbable

Donation-Trade Timing Correlation (1 instances)

Cleo Fields received 1 donations within 90 days of stock trades from overlapping interests, totaling $500,000. Notable donors include NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. While donation-trade proximity does not prove quid pro quo, the pattern warrants scrutiny under the STOCK Act's framework. Records suggest temporal correlation between financial contributions and trading activity in related sectors.

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.

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