Politics
MTG Erupts Over Report That Her Net Worth Soared to $21 Million
By Jake Beardslee · August 11, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is pushing back against criticism over her rapidly growing fortune and a series of well-timed stock trades. Greene’s net worth has climbed from roughly $700,000 to about $21 million since taking office in 2021, according to a June report from Benzinga.
The congresswoman has reportedly executed hundreds of trades during her time in Congress, including during volatile market periods linked to major policy announcements by President Donald Trump.
When questioned on social media about how she accumulated such wealth on a $174,000 congressional salary, Greene fired back, writing, “You can go to hell.” She added, “I’m fed up with the outright slander and lies about me. I’ve owned my family’s construction business for well over two decades and made all of my net worth BEFORE I became a Member of Congress in 2021 and all of my Public financial disclosures show this.”
Some of Greene’s trades have drawn bipartisan criticism. In April, she purchased shares in Palantir Technologies just days before Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded the company a $30 million contract. As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Greene has since seen that investment rise 142 percent, according to Quiver Quantitative.
She also bought tens of thousands of dollars in stock from major firms as markets fell amid fears of a global trade war, according to The New York Times, shortly before Trump announced a temporary tariff pause that sent stocks and bonds soaring.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) previously criticized Greene, saying, “So many of these people are crooks, liars and frauds and Marjorie Taylor Greene is, of course, exhibit A. We are seeing corruption unfold before us in real time.”
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (NY) echoed concerns, calling Greene’s trades, “Just another reason why stock trading by members of Congress or their spouses should be banned. The appearance of impropriety, or worse, is too great.”
Greene maintains she does not personally choose or time her investments. “My publicly disclosed portfolio is diversely invested through a financial manager whom I’ve signed a fiduciary contract with,” she said, adding, “My hard earned wealth, that I am thankful and proud of HAS NOT in any way come from politics!!!”
The controversy comes amid renewed calls to tighten restrictions on congressional stock trading. A bill to ban such activity for members and their spouses recently advanced through a Senate committee.
Greene has previously criticized Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi over her trading activity, telling constituents at a 2024 town hall to “check her out” for “some great stock tips.” Trump, who has also targeted Pelosi, denounced the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), in a Truth Social post, warning Republicans not to let Democrats use Hawley “as a pawn.”