Ro Khanna Trade Report Draws Fire as Nvidia Slides

Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who backs banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, is the subject of reports about a sale of Nvidia shares. The Western Journal reported that Khanna sold Nvidia around Oct. 7. Yahoo News, citing disclosure data, reported that a sale came one day after the chipmaker's all-time high close of $239.24 on Oct. 6.

The Western Journal cited Trade With Congress, an X account run by the financial tracking service Altoneer. The outlet put Nvidia near $240 at the time of the sale and about $150 to $160 as of the Thursday referenced in its article. Those figures come from search excerpts, and the underlying filing has not been reviewed.

Some of this is opinion and some is unconfirmed. Yahoo News reported that no evidence links the trade to insider knowledge. No response from Khanna was found in the reporting reviewed, and that absence should be read as unknown, not as a refusal to comment.

Who Sold, and How Much

The accounts do not agree on the details. The Western Journal described the seller as Khanna himself. Yahoo News reported that the sale was made by a spouse's trust and described it as a household sale. Yahoo Finance, citing the aggregator Capitol Trades, listed two spouse sales in early September and October, each valued between $1,000 and $15,000. It also listed two lots Khanna sold at the start and end of May, near Nvidia's May 14 high, each in the same range.

Those figures are disclosure ranges, not exact amounts. The September and October entries may be separate transactions from the Oct. 7 sale, or the same ones described differently. The reports have not been reconciled. The periodic transaction report, the primary document, was not reached, so the owner, dates and amounts remain unconfirmed.

The Nvidia Slide and the Huang Reports

The Western Journal reported that Jensen Huang resigned that Thursday morning. A snippet linked to that coverage describes Huang as a former CEO, a discrepancy that has not been explained. Yahoo Finance reported that Huang admitted to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, and that the admission plunged Nvidia into crisis. These claims appear only in excerpts and have not been independently verified, so they should be treated as unconfirmed. The dates of these events relative to the trades are also unclear.

According to Yahoo News, Khanna sits on the House Select Committee on the CCP. Nothing in the available reporting shows that he or anyone in his household knew anything before the public did.

Jennifer Van Laar, described as a conservative investigative journalist, posted on X that Khanna "HAD to have known." The Western Journal relayed her post, and it was not checked against the original. Yahoo News offered a counterpoint: "Disclosure rules reveal the transaction; they say nothing about the decision behind it."

The Massie Link

The Western Journal framed its story around Khanna's ties to Rep. Thomas Massie, calling Khanna a close Massie ally and Massie an anti-Trump "turncoat." It gave no source for those characterizations, which are opinion. It also reported that Khanna praised Massie in a July 2025 statement, though it did not link to that statement. Nothing in the reporting suggests Massie had any connection to the Nvidia trades.

Yahoo News reported that Khanna backs banning members from trading individual stocks. That position is why the disclosure drew attention.

What Comes Next

The filing itself should settle who sold, when and how much. No response from Khanna's office or Massie's office turned up in the reporting reviewed. Until the periodic transaction report is pulled and a response is on record, the facts here are a set of unreconciled reports, with the suspicion coming from commentators and no evidence of advance knowledge offered.