{"id":9213,"date":"2026-07-03T01:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/fbi-director-kash-patels-undisclosed-strategy-trade-is-down-45\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T01:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:54:24","slug":"fbi-director-kash-patels-undisclosed-strategy-trade-is-down-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/fbi-director-kash-patels-undisclosed-strategy-trade-is-down-45\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s undisclosed Strategy trade is down 45%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The six-figure Strategy stock purchase that FBI Director Kash Patel forgot to disclose last year is currently down 45%.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTUS<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/money\/kash-patel-stock-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a> that on November 21, 2025, Patel bought between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of shares in the BTC treasury firm.\u00a0If he invested $100,001, it would now be worth $55,000 and if it were the full $250,000, it would be worth $137,500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patel didn\u2019t disclose the purchase until May 26 this year. This is despite rules stating that executive government officials have to report trades worth over $1,000 within a 45-day period.<\/p>\n<p>First-time offenders face a $200 fine, but FBI officials told <em>NOTUS<\/em> they haven\u2019t fined Patel as of yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A letter written by the Deputy Assistant Attorney General William Taylor to the Office of Government Ethics claimed Patel \u201cinadvertently omitted\u201d the transaction after a \u201cmiscommunication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor added, \u201cDirector Patel is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s stock price is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/beta\/quote\/MSTR:NASDAQ?window=1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">down<\/a> almost -77% over the past year. The company and its founder, Michael Saylor, has previously said that BTC is an asset that traders should refrain from selling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-protos wp-block-embed-protos\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QbwHFPNO1S\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/strategys-strc-hit-another-all-time-low-today\/\">Strategy\u2019s STRC hit another all-time low today<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/kash-patel-spiderkash-leak-triggers-dozens-of-solana-memecoin-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kash Patel \u2018spiderkash\u2019 leak triggers dozens of Solana memecoin scams<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/bitcoin-plummets-to-67k-after-strategy-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decided<\/a> to sell 32 BTC (worth $2.5 million) last month. It\u2019s since <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/strategy-authorizes-massive-btc-sale-after-52-week-lows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">committed<\/a> to selling another $1.25 billion worth of BTC in order to cover share buybacks and dividends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump\u2019s crypto ventures dwarf Patel\u2019s Strategy trade<\/h2>\n<p>Patel\u2019s Strategy trade appears insignificant when compared to the recent portfolio disclosures from President Donald Trump that reveal that his crypto-related profits from last year totaled over $1 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His Office of Government Ethics disclosure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/dab0dd71-2d95-4838-b0df-e942f9cc5dec?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> that he made $635 million from selling his TRUMP crypto token, and $526 million from the sale of World Liberty Financial tokens.<\/p>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2026\/06\/30\/trump-pocketed-more-than-usd1-billion-from-crypto-ties-as-industry-headed-toward-slump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">holds<\/a> over $50 million worth of ETH and over $50 million worth of BTC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the price of TRUMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/official-trump?chart=type%3Dprice%26mode%3Dline%26timeframe%3Dmax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falling<\/a> 94% since its launch in January 2025. If someone had invested $1,000 at the time, their holding would be worth $60 today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Got a tip? Send us an email securely via\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/leaks.protos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Protos Leaks<\/em><\/a><em>. 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NOTUS reports that on November 21, 2025, Patel bought between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of shares in the BTC treasury firm.\u00a0If he invested $100,001, it would now be worth $55,000 and if it were the full [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}