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No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene

Suzan K. DelBene has 2 documented facts referencing violations, fines, settlements, or fraud, but no connection in the platform's graph documents an enforcement action, prosecution, sanction, or consent decree against them. This may indicate the platform's data is incomplete — or it may indicate a real enforcement gap. Either way, it's worth a closer look.

Entities involved: Suzan K. DelBene
Detected: 04 May 2026
Evidence last verified: 03 May 2026
Supporting evidence
In 2021, DelBene's husband Kurt DelBene (also a former Microsoft executive) sold between $5 million and $25 million of Microsoft stock on September 3. DelBene disclosed the trade approximately 6 weeks later. Ethics experts and Business Insider reported this may have violated the STOCK Act's 30-day disclosure requirement. The House Ethics Committee gave her a controversial advisory that allowed a 45-day window.
Suzan K. DelBene · primary · source ↗ · 03 May 2026
In June 2023, DelBene reported stock sales worth up to $5.5 million months after the transactions were executed — long after such sales are required to be reported under federal law. Fox News reported an ethics watchdog stated it 'appeared corrupt.' The NRCC highlighted the violation.
Suzan K. DelBene · secondary · source ↗ · 03 May 2026
3 actions you can take
File a FOIA
File a FOIA request with the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
Target: U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
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Subject: FOIA Request — All non-exempt records — including correspondence, internal memoranda, referrals

Dear FOIA Officer,

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I request access to and copies of the following records held by the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division:

All non-exempt records — including correspondence, internal memoranda, referrals, declination memos, and case-opening or case-closing documents — concerning any investigation, declined investigation, or referral involving "Suzan K. DelBene" from January 2010 to the present.

I am requesting these records because: This request supports public-interest investigation of an oversight gap documented at ht…
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Contact the oversight body
Ask the House Committee on Financial Services to hold a hearing
Target: House Committee on Financial Services
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Subject: Constituent request: hearing on No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene

Dear Members of the House Committee on Financial Services,

I am writing to ask the committee to hold a public hearing on the following matter that falls within your jurisdiction: No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene.

The basis of this request is documented in publicly available evidence summarised here: No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene.

Full evidence trail with source citations: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/enforcement-gap-congress-d000617

This matter has not, to my knowledge, been the subject of a formal committee inquiry. The cited evidence consists of pub…
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Tip a journalist
Send this to ProPublica
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Subject: Tip — No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene

Hi ProPublica team,

Tipping you to a documented accountability gap that aligns with your beat (Investigative journalism, financial crime, government accountability):

No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene

One-line summary: No documented enforcement against Suzan K. DelBene

Full evidence trail with source citations and confidence labels: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/enforcement-gap-congress-d000617

This is not original reporting — it's a structured map of public-record evidence (court filings, settlements, disclosures) compiled by Goblin House, an open investigative database. S…
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