{"id":14485,"date":"2018-12-13T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T11:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/13\/inhofe-bought-defense-stocks-before-calling-for-budget-hike\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:26:03","slug":"inhofe-bought-defense-stocks-before-calling-for-budget-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/12\/13\/inhofe-bought-defense-stocks-before-calling-for-budget-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Inhofe bought Raytheon stock after advocating budget hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2018\/12\/06\/inhofe-urging-trump-to-boost-defense-sees-no-strategic-rationale-for-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe<\/a> bought Raytheon stock after reports he and others prevailed on President Donald Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/10\/trump-changes-his-mind-again-on-military-spending-now-wants-a-big-boost-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">boost the defense budget<\/a>, but he has since unloaded the stock and said through a spokesperson he wasn\u2019t aware of the purchase when it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate financial disclosure forms indicate Inhofe bought between $50,001 and $100,000 in Raytheon stock on Tuesday. The purchase followed news Sunday that Trump had reversed plans for a defense budget cut and will ask for a $750 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2020. The stock trade was first reported Wednesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/author\/lachlan-markay\" target=_blank>The Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $750 billion figure reportedly emerged from a meeting at the White House involving Trump; Inhofe; House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas; Defense Secretary Jim Mattis; and other administration officials. It would top the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/30\/top-defense-republicans-blast-trumps-700-billion-military-budget-as-dangerous\/\" target=_blank>$733 billion<\/a> budget that Mattis and the chairmen had sought and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/26\/its-official-dod-told-to-take-cut-with-fy20-budget\/\" target=_blank>$700 billion<\/a> Trump was reportedly mulling before the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/research\/ibd-industry-themes\/defense-stocks-rally-trump-pentagon-budget-increase\/\">Investors Business Daily<\/a> attributed a midday rally Monday for aerospace and defense stocks \u2014 led by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon \u2014 to the reports of Trump\u2019s reversal. U.S. defense stocks had otherwise been clouded by the proposed cut and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/12\/12\/senate-debates-us-role-in-yemen-rebuke-to-trump-on-saudi-arabia\/\" target=_blank>tensions with Saudi Arabia<\/a>, a major overseas customer and ally, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement provided to Defense News, Inhofe spokeswoman Leacy Burke said all of the senator\u2019s financial transactions are handled by a third-party adviser and that he was unaware of this stock purchase until Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe senator has had no involvement in and has not been consulted about his stock transactions,\u201d Burke said. \u201cAs such, the Senator was not aware of this stock purchase until it came through the system very early this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inhofe has since canceled the transaction, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a result, the Senator has called his financial advisor and they reversed, or busted, the transaction,\u201d Burke said. This means that the transaction was canceled before it was settled; the Senator never took ownership of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inhofe sent a letter to his adviser in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday directing him to not trade any defense or aerospace stocks because of his new position as SASC chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to The Daily Beast, metadata in the document indicates it was created less than 20 minutes after the news organization reached out for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inhofe became chairman in September, after the death of Sen. 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