Pete Sessions Filed This AAPL Sale the Day It Happened

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HOUSE TRADE DISCLOSURE Pete Sessions

Sep 21, 8:00pm ET

AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock (AAPL)Sell$100K – $250K

Disclosed 0 days after the earliest trade

Pete Sessions filed this Apple sale the same day it happened, a zero-day disclosure lag that almost never shows up in House filings. The spouse-held position, worth up to $250,000, is a single-name exit, and it lands while Congress debates tightening its own trading rules.

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House members typically file stock transaction disclosures weeks after a trade, so a same-day filing stands out in House records.

The trade is a sale of Apple Inc. common stock held in a spouse's name, valued between $100,000 and $250,000. Spouse-held positions fall under congressional disclosure requirements, and a single-name exit of this size tends to draw attention from ethics watchdogs and transparency trackers who monitor lawmaker portfolios.

The transaction and filing both occurred on September 22, 2026, while Congress was debating measures to tighten its own trading rules.

The filing does not reveal the reason behind the sale, only the what and the when, which is standard under current House reporting rules.

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