[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Democratic · Representative, IL ·4

Score Components

15 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

18 → 5

Intelligence Volume 10%

54 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

García co-authored a January 2023 Hill op-ed with Rep. Stephen Lynch calling for the SEC to regulate the 'vast majority' of crypto assets as securities—making him one of the relatively few members who received SBF-linked money and later publicly advocated for stricter crypto regulation, which mitigates the quid-pro-quo inference.

secondary · 2023-01-25

García questioned FTX CEO John Ray at the December 13, 2022 House Financial Services Committee hearing on the FTX collapse while simultaneously facing mayoral-campaign attacks over Protect Our Future PAC spending, placing his oversight role and his political exposure in direct convergence.

secondary · 2022-12-13

García's mayoral campaign adviser Manny Diaz disputed the Sun-Times account that García personally spoke with Sam Bankman-Fried, instead claiming the conversation was with Gabriel Bankman-Fried—contradicting the congressman's own earlier characterization and leaving the identity of the interlocutor unresolved in the public record.

secondary · 2022-12

García was one of nine members of the House Financial Services Committee who collectively received over $300,000 in FTX-linked campaign contributions during the 2021-2022 cycle, placing his $199,853+$2,900 benefit in a broader institutional pattern rather than a unique transaction.

secondary · 2022-11-19

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+42

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 31.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Race/Ethnicity — White (non-Hispanic): 23.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Race/Ethnicity — Hispanic: 66.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 36.9

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 6.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 10.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 63.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2023): 729,797

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $75,931

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment 1 — Right to Collective Bargaining (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 58.4%-41.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 561320 - Temporary Help Services (share 0.04)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 484110 - General Freight Trucking (share 0.05)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 722511 - Full-Service Restaurants (share 0.06)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 611110 - Elementary and Secondary Schools (share 0.12)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act	nay	2025-04-10	mixed
Laken Riley Act (Senate Amended Version)	nay	2025-01-22	mixed
Laken Riley Act (Initial House Version)	nay	2025-01-07	mixed
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020	yea	2019-07-12	misaligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "García voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2500) for Fiscal Year 2020, stating the House version was a 'strong, progressive"

Vote: on "García voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) for Fiscal Year 2023, statin"

[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] García voted Yea on the FY2020 NDAA (H.R. 2500, July 12, 2019), defending it as a progressive bill worth passing to strengthen House negotiating leverage. Three years later he voted Nay on

Last silence detection: Never

$200,000 in crypto-connected independent expenditures during 2022 unopposed primary

213d silent

Expected position: As a member of the House Financial Services Committee regulating cryptocurrency, García should have addressed why a Bankman-Fried-funded PAC spent nearly $200,000 on mailers for his

Retirement announcement timing and hand-picked succession scheme

8d silent

Expected position: As a self-styled progressive champion of democratic participation and fair elections, García would be expected to announce his retirement before the candidate filing deadline to all

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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