HHS General Counsel's Corning Stock Purchase Raises Ethics Concerns

Summary

HHS General Counsel Mike Stuart purchased between $100,002 and $200,000 worth of Corning stock on March 24, a company that sells hundreds of millions of dollars in products to HHS. The Office of Government Ethics declined to certify Stuart's disclosure in an unusual move, raising ethical concerns about potential conflicts of interest. Stuart told NOTUS, "If I see something I like, I buy it," downplaying the significance of the trades.